Director, Security Operations

An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!

Overview

The Director of Security Operations will be responsible for maintaining and growing the TNS Security Monitoring (SOC) and Vulnerability Management programs. The Director will tactically lead the company’s security operations, including monitoring, incident response, threat detection and response, and vulnerability management. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical hands-on experience managing diverse security technologies and personnel in different time zones. Working closely with Koch colleagues to ensure alignment, the director will enhance and directly mature operational processes, motivate, and provide technical mentorship and guidance to a global team and serve as a trusted advisor to internal and external customers. The director will be working with executive management to determine acceptable levels of operational security risk for the organization and accurately and routinely present data to executives via KPI (Key Performance Indicators). The Director will report to the Chief Security Officer and is responsible for a team of security professionals.In 2021, TNS became a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Equity Development LLC, the investment and acquisition arm of Koch Industries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive security operations strategy: This includes defining security objectives, aligning with documenting policy and standards, maintaining RACIs, SWOTs, playbooks, and roadmaps to be able to communicate current and future goals
• Develop, maintain, and enhance Security Operations process flows, metrics, and reporting capabilities
• Lead the global incident response service: This includes responding to security incidents, investigating breaches, and implementing corrective action
• Oversee vulnerability management: This includes identifying, assessing, and remediating vulnerabilities on prem and in the cloud at the OS, configuration, and application levels
• Design effective processes that support the protection of computers, networks, software, data, and information systems against possible attack
• Stay up to date on the latest security threats and trends: This includes attending conferences, presenting, and reading industry publications
• Initiates and fosters existing partnerships with the Koch security operations and vulnerability management teams along with other key TNS department leads
• Represent Security Operations in external and internal meetings and be an advocate for change where needed
• Mentor and develop the security operations team including forensics analysis
• Manage a global team which provides 24x7x365 cyber security operations support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information security, computer science, or a related field

• 10+ years of experience in security operations, preferably in a …