IT Security Operations - Senior Team Lead

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for leading a team of personnel in a SOC environment
• Be able to prioritize and direct workflow
• Addressing technical and non-technical escalations
•  Coordinate and schedule shift coverage, and assign resources for special task
• Monitor incidents and Meet service level agreements
• Help establish and enforce policy and procedure
• Coach and mentor, all levels of skills-sets within the team
•  Mentor a Jr. Analyst through a task or problems
• Lead investigations in response to security incidents
• Assist in Identifying opportunities to improve our processes
•  Assist updating security documentation to include tactics, techniques, and operating procedures
• Develop and maintain IT Security Operations liaison relationships with UK/IN Based Security  Operations teams
• Assist Leadership in operation of a Distributed Security Operation Team.
• Participating in a 24x7 security incident response on-call rotation

EDUCATION: Certification requirements: is at least one of the following:

• Education Level Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Information Security System Management Professional (ISSMP)
• SANS related certifications (GSE, GCIA, GCED, GCIH etc)
•  Other field appropriate certifications may be considered

FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Must have experience with security-related technologies including active directory, host-based firewalls, host-based intrusion detection systems, logging, and monitoring tools, EDR, and EDR systems, network monitoring and network-based security facilities
• Extensive experience with firewall technology
• Extensive experience managing operational teams
• Extensive experience managing crisis teams and performing incident response
•  Generally familiar with basic scripting/programming: Examples such as: PERL, BASH, SQL
•  Ability to coach and mentor all levels of skillsets within the team
•  Intermediate to advanced level device configuration changes, network troubleshooting, and security-related issues
• Knowledge of Linux administration with command line and system knowledge
• Extensive experience with Windows administration/system
•  Excellent problem-solving skills and keen ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues
• Dedication to client service and passion for learning
• Well spoken, articulate, attention to detail, with excellent writing abilities
• Must be able to communicate technical details in a clear manner
• Ability to manage multiple projects/task

Physical requirements/Working conditions:

•  Climate controlled office environment
•  Minimal physical requirements other than occasional light lifting of boxed materials
• Dynamic, time-sensitive environment