Director, Security Operations, Cyber at Deloitte

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We are a team with a passion and curiosity, for cyber security and technology, comfortable with operating in fast-paced environments defining and leading the development of cyber strategy, cyber programmes and managing cyber risk. We are looking for likeminded individuals who thrive on the challenge of solving the toughest cyber security challenges faced by organisations today. Typically this will be people with a blend of technical and soft skills that allows them to both analyse the challenges in cyber security but also to communicate to a range of stakeholders from end users and technical specialists through to senior IT professionals an members of the board. As a Security Operations Architect at Deloitte you will be responsible for the overall design and continuous improvements of our Next-Gen Detection and Response capability for clients. You will provide the bridge between our strategy and providing the blueprints to which our engineers build. You will also support at a business level, helping clients evolve and define their Operating Model, refining processes to shape the overall technical design and tooling selection. Given the freedom to research and experiment with different approaches and tooling to ensure we remain on the cutting edge of detection and response you will influence our macro approach and set the direction for how we meet our clients demands

• Decide the best course of action to detect, investigate and respond to threats
• Develop and establish processes, governance and ways of working to enable the delivery of our target operating model and service catalogue
• Support research activities to continually maintain the edge in cybersecurity practises
• Work with Engineers & Threat Hunters to analyse data from dashboards to effectively chart strategy and continuous improvement.
• seek to improve and develop new content based upon observed security activity
• Responsible for leading migration and implementation strategies and plans
• Develop positive working relationships with Deloitte and client teams

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A successful individual will demonstrate the following behaviours, capabilities, and experience:

• Experience working within Agile, DevOps or Kanban delivery models.
• Experience in Solution design and development.
• Experience working with Architecture Frameworks, ideally TOGAF.
• Experience in developing HLD & LLD documents for security solutions.
• Strong Understanding of Security Operations working within or alongside Security Operations Centre(s).
• Experience working in all hyperscaler environments, preferably holding Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent Certification.
• Experience with multiple SIEM & SOAR Tooling, preferably Google SecOps (formerly Chronicle/Simplify).
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and their suppliers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Have the ability to learn fast and deliver quality work under pressure and produce key client work upon joining the firm.
• Delivery team management: Managing teams between 5 - 15 people, across a mix of locations, cultures, and experience levels.
• Client stakeholder management – Strong communication and relationship skills to manage a variety of client stakeholders from CISO to Developer.
• Have an agile and analytical mind and enjoy problem solving and independently finding creative solutions to client problems is a critical skill to succeeding in this role.
• Experience using the MS Office suite such as Powerpoint and Excel and the ability to concisely present an idea or position will be crucial.

In addition to the above the following are desirable:

• Consulting background.
• Understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape.
• Relevant certifications (e.g. CISSP, certifications from Microsoft, ISC2, ISACA, SANS, GIAC, EC-Council etc. or equivalent).
• Exposure to/Understanding of DevOps tools and repositories (e.g. Git, Azure Dev Ops, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible etc.).
• Role based access control (RBAC) design.

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