Director, Security Operations

The role

The Director, Security Operations will develop and oversee threat hunting, detection, and incident response programs. This person advises the Information Security Team on threat actor tactics and manages security technology platforms firm wide.

What you will do

• Develop, manage and evolve threat hunting, event analysis and incident response capability.
• Perform detailed and complex analysis tasks, including malware analysis.
• Provide technical leadership for information security platforms.
• Serve as the final escalation point for threat hunting, event detection/analysis and incident response.
• Oversee and participate in the administration of the firm's SIEM and security technology platforms.
• Lead the response to and containment of information security related incidents.
• Ensure IOAs and IOCs are integrated into relevant systems and platforms.
• Manage and curate human and machine readable threat intelligence.
• Partner with IT managers to develop and maintain security best practices and policies.
• Communicate with firm Senior Leadership as directed by the CISO.

Required qualifications

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent customer service skills and sense of urgency.
• Organized, responsive and highly thorough problem solver.
• Ability to relate to non-technical users in user-friendly language.
• Ability to understand the technical implications of security threats.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and action threat intelligence.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments.
• Ability to motivate and lead a team of diverse technical professionals.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports, including executive summaries.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of the firm's internal and personnel affairs.
• University Degree in a technology related discipline or 4 years of relevant experience.

Nice to have

• Graduate Degree in a cybersecurity discipline
• Experience with incident response and analysis, preferably in a leadership role

Benefits

• health care
• retirement benefits
• paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
• parental leave
• basic life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• discretionary, performance-based bonuses

About the company

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.