Job responsibilities
- Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future cybersecurity needs
- Defines the technical target state of their cybersecurity product and drives achievement of the strategy
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall cybersecurity of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive continuous improvement and assess cybersecurity design and technical credentials for use in existing systems and architecture
- Leads communities of practice to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge cybersecurity technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification in cybersecurity and 5+ years applied experience across one or more platform centric security areas (e.g. threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, encryption, IAM, network protocols, software development, API integration)
- Familiarity across a range of security frameworks and guidelines (e.g. OWASP, NIST, ISO) and experience reconciling design documentation and architecture with applicable industry standards and best practices
- Experience securing MS Azure & M365 environments including advanced understanding of Microsoft cloud-based security tools (Purview, Defender for Office, etc…)
- Understanding of SaaS-based security and controls.
- Hands-on practical experience delivering enterprise-level cybersecurity solutions and controls
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, and security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., public cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture
- Experience effectively communicating with senior business leaders
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Strong communication skills to work with partners across multiple lines of business.
- Ability to effectively communicate security threats and risk to a wide audience.
- Experience or knowledge of implementing SaaS security technology (CASB, SSPM, etc…)
- Strong understanding of the M365 product line (Teams, SPO, CoPilot, Delve, EXO, etc...).
- Certifications applicable to this role: CISSP, CISM, CASP, & MSFT SC & AZ series.
- Experience operating and collaborating in a global enterprise environment.
- Understanding of regulatory and compliance challenges in a global enterprise.