Director Of Information Security Operations

*Description:*Spearhead all activities within the Security Operations Center (SOC), upholding the highest standard of security operations and ensuring the team's readiness to respond to emerging threats. Lead our clients Global SOC, SIEM , SOAR and Security Incident Response functions including managing a department comprised of technical team members and managers from varied disciplines. Continuous improvements and automation are critical to success.This role will be hybrid 2-3 days per week onsite in Santa Ana, CA.What You'll Do- As a leader, you will manage, support, and oversee the maturity of the SOC in improving incident response times, reducing false positives and other extraneous alerts and enhancing threat detection capabilities.- Drive innovation and provide leadership to the organization to ensure world-class system solutions and flawless execution.- Work with the global SOC/MSOC managers to ensure 24x7x365 global coverage for detection and response.- Continually monitor and evaluate security operations, investigative processes, automation, threat-hunting techniques, eDiscovery, legal holds, and forensic investigations and technologies.- Work with Security Engineering providing feedback on current capabilities.- Provide oversight to all security incidents, processes, and escalations to determine the root cause and extent of the incidents; Be the escalation point and incident commander for severe security incidents.- Develop and manage operational playbooks, procedures, recommendations, and standards to ensure compliance with applicable security laws, regulations, and privacy legislation as appropriate.- Provide leadership and strategic direction in the on-going development, implementation and administration of the security programs and policies to ensure that the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information is owned controlled or processed by the organization.- Direct a multidisciplinary team of incident responders, cyber defense analysts, and security consultants, fostering collaboration and innovation in tackling complex security incidents.- Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of our cyber defense strategy, policies, and tools, ensuring that our organization is protected against cyber threats.- Stay up-to-date with the latest cybersecurity trends, technologies, and threats to ensure that the organization's security measures remain effective.- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for the cybersecurity team to measure their effectiveness and contributions to the organization's security goals.- Design, build and drive overall strategy, methodology, and roadmap for the processes, systems, tools, and technologies required to secure our data assets.- Authorizes projects, approves project designs and cost estimates. Reports projects' status and critical issues to IT senior management.- Develops and administers department budget with input from work group managers.- Develops long-range plan for the department and is a key participant in strategic planning for the IT Operations function. Translates strategic goals and priorities into technical strategies and objectives for his/her department.- Writes and conducts performance reviews, provides ongoing performance feedback. Establishes salary budget and approves salary increases. Makes hiring decisions.- Frequently interfaces with executives inside and outside the company to make operational and project-related decisions, to resolve critical issues, to gather industry and competitive information and to foster a productive professional network.- Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.EligibilityYou are eligible for health and wellbeing benefits on the first of the month following your hire date.This applies to those new hires scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Your Health and Wellbeing Your health is the foundation of your life.To support you where you are in your journey, we offer a variety of benefits: * Medical * Dental * Vision * Wellbeing Your Support When you need assistance, The client offers free services and programs to support you throughout your journey: * Accolade Benefits Navigation Services * Employee Assistance Program * Expert Medical Opinion * Mindfulness and Resiliency App Your Time A healthy work-life balance is an important part of feeling happy and satisfied, which we support with: * Leaves of Absence * Paid Holidays * Paid Time Off * Sick Time * Other Health Programs * Diabetes Management * Health Lifestyle Support * Nurseline * Telemedicine * Virtual Physical Therapy CareYour Wealth Saving for the future is an important part of financial planning. the client gives you a variety of ways to save - both in the short-term and long-term: * 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match * Auto-enrollment at 6% after 60 days unless you opt out or change the percentage * Contribute on a pre- and/or post-tax basis * Fully vested after two years * Eligible for annual discretionary Company match if an active employee on the last business day of the year * Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) * Purchase Company stock at a minimum 15% discount each quarter (including quarterly pricing look-back feature) * Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) * Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Match * Employer contribution available when enrolling in an HSA-eligible medical plan * Memberships, Discounts, and Other Programs * Childcare, Credit Union, Fitness, Tuition, Settlement Services, and more * Telecommuting * Partial reimbursement for personal Internet service and/or phone while using a remote officeYour Protection : Client helps you keep your family, income, and assets safe through a variety of Company-paid and voluntary plans if you are eligible: * Business Travel Accident * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity * Group Auto Insurance * Group Legal Plan * Identity Theft Protection * Life and AD&D * Pet Insurance * Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Your Family-Friendly Support . The client recognizes that families come in all shapes and sizes. We offer a variety of benefits and programs to help you build your family, your way: * Adoption Assistance * Fertility, Pregnancy, and Parenting Support * Healthy Maternity Program * Paid Parental Leave

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.