Head of Cyber Incident Response & Cyber Threat Mitigation Services (Holmdel)

Position Overview

Do you want to be part of a collaborative team handling potentially challenging situations as a leader of our cyber incident response and threat mitigation? The ideal candidate demonstrates analytical skills, leadership, and curiosity in threat reduction efforts.

A qualified candidate should be a collaborative self-starter who has a combination of strong technical aptitude, knowledge of security attack methods / stages (e.g., MITRE), a strong mindset, strong written and oral communication and can also inspire and develop talent. They must partner across the firm to drive identification, containment, investigations, response and recovery. As part of Guardian, the successful candidate must live by the Guardian operating principles of thinking big & growing, accelerate operational excellence, wowing the consumer, and be able to lead through change with courage.

You Have

• The knowledge, experience, length of education needed to accomplish the desired end results.
• 7+ years broad / deep technology experience including public clouds
• 3+ years of leader experience in a security role, preferably involving incident response
• Incident response methodologies and evidence handline
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience working across functions including business, legal, HR, communications, IT.
• Analytical and curious attitude
• Knowledge of threat hunting and risk mitigation
• Knowledge of NIST CSF, MITRE, and others frameworks, malware analysis concepts, types of attacks and attackers, common vulnerabilities.
• Experience with financial services or regulated entities, US privacy regulations.
• Ability to think in a structured and creative manner to address cyber incidents
• Ability to process cyber threat intelligence and translate into actionable mitigation techniques and strategies.
• Ability to lead a diverse high performing team.
• Ability to accelerate impact and lead positive cyber security change.
• Good knowledge of SIEM tools (Splunk preferred) and logging / monitoring, insider and UBA concepts and application.
• BS / MS in relevant experience in cyber security and / or industry related certifications desired.
• A continuous & lifelong learner.

You Will

Location and Travel

Reporting Relationships

As our Head of Cyber Incident Response Threat Services, you will report to Guardian's Chief Information Security Officer.

Salary Range :

$148,940.00 - $244,685.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you'll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian's Purpose to inspire well-being we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com / careers / corporate / benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and / or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact applicant_accommodation@glic.com.

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