Dir Information Security
Remote, US
About Lumen
Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.
We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.
The Role
The role of Director Enterprise Security Architecture and Engineering involves leading the development of security architectures, strategies, and controls to ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and customer contractual requirements. The director works closely with security architects to implement security measures across various domains, including cloud security, DevSecOps, identity governance, and network security. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to integrate security practices into the organization's processes and technologies.
The Main Responsibilities
- Lead, build, and scale a diverse highly skilled team of security engineers, architects, and subject matter experts.
- Drive risk-based security, focusing on key operations, and data protection culminating in key risk indicators for the enterprise
- Design and implement an information security strategy focused on understanding and mitigating risks to data and systems.
- Architect, engineer, and operationalize security stacks for cloud, datacenter, and endpoint security
- Partner with our development teams, operations, and business stakeholders to set secure development practices
- Develop and maintain a cybersecurity risk management framework
- Oversee risk assessment process, employee security education and awareness, architecture, policy and compliance.
- Evaluate security trends, evolving threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, define and implement corporate security strategy.
- Lead security and privacy/data initiatives and ensure end-state product meets regulatory requirements
- Provide Security SME support development teams
- Interact directly with the security community regarding vulnerabilities and threats, particularly those that may directly impact Lumen
- Provide leadership on different forums – promoting security awareness, recommend solutions and stay current on new threats and vulnerabilities
- Continuous innovation and consistent improvement; establish vision, goals and successfully hit objectives.
What We Look For in a Candidate
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful security initiatives
- Excellent judgement in prioritizing security efforts using a risk-based approach
- Ability to effectively communicate with and present to multiple audiences from engineering to business unit leadership.
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and conflicting priorities. Flexibility and the ability to improvise when needed.
- Able to effectively manage and develop large teams on a global scale
- Strong quantitative and analytical abilities with a firm foundation on metrics to track activity and quantify the impact of security initiatives
- Experience with threat modeling, security design reviews, and security architecture
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Agile methodologies
- Experience with Cloud security architecture and deployment models
- Experience with securing and maintaining highly sensitive data
Compensation
This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.
Location Based Pay Ranges:
$149,084 - $198,779 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$156,539 - $208,718 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$163,993 - $218,657 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.
Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.
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Requisition #: 337672
Background Screening
If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page. Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Equal Employment Opportunities
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.
Disclaimer
The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.
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Tasks- Collaboration
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Design
- Design security strategy
- Develop
- Drive risk-based security
- Ensure compliance
- Implement
- Implement security measures
- Lead security team
- Oversee risk assessments
- Promote security awareness
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
- Training
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