CyberSecurity Deputy Director (h/f)

Full time Data Science Big Data Statistics Cybersecurity

Job Description

Act as a hands-on leader, set vision and direction for the MDR as they strive to achieve technical excellence, operational rigor, while consistently aligned with Security strategic business goals.
  • Leadership and Strategy:
    • Support the MDR Head in developing and implementing the strategic vision for the MDR Services together with the KS Line of Business to enhance the MDR Service capabilities.
    • Collaborate with Senior Leadership to align security initiatives with business goals.
    • Assist the MDR Head in leading, mentoring and managing a MDR of cybersecurity professionals.
  • Technical Expertise:
    • Provide expert guidance and support on cybersecurity issues to other departments.
    • Communicate complex security issues and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Be the POC for complex technical client escalations.
    • Be the POC for engagement managers and MDR leaders in case of complex cases.
  • Service enhancement:
    • Remain up to date and contribute to enhance our service capability with current attack methods and characteristics to identify threats and advise on prevention, mitigation and remediation.
    • Define, report KPI and lead efforts to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the MDR services.
  • CFC practice:
    • Establish a new integrated cyber fusion practice in collaboration with the Product MDR, including the disciplines of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Attack Surface Reduction, Vulnerability Management, and others.
    • Transform the MDR from reactive, to proactive and predictive threat hunting, recommending mitigations and countermeasures.
  • Continuous improvement:
    • Stay current with emerging cybersecurity threats and industry trends.
    • Identify and recommend improvements to existing security controls and processes.
  • Information Risk Management:
    • Identify potential risks associated with technical processes and implement risk mitigation strategies and operational security controls within the CFC perimeter in collaboration with Corporate Security.
The Successful Applicant
  • Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in cyber security
  • Experience in managing security services or a SOC
  • Work experience with multicultural MDR in a transversal organization
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to handle escalated customer complaints and issues
  • Capability to convey a message to executives
  • Proven ability to multitask effectively and focus on multiple efforts at one time
Education
  • Master in cyber security or equivalent
  • Offensive and defensive certifications (OSCP, SANS, ...)
Skills
  • Extensive knowledge in networking (TCP/IP, firewall, routing, ...)
  • Extensive knowledge of ethical hacking skills and very good understanding of current threats (malware/ransomware).
  • Knowledge of incident response processes (detection, triage, incident analysis, remediation and reporting).
  • Understanding of network and system intrusion and detection methods; examples of related technologies include Next Generation Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), Security information and event management (SIEM), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Good knowledge of Cyber Threat Intelligence and experience in implementing CTI programs