Director of Technology - Security Operations Center

Job Description
Security Director -Security Operations Center (SOC)
Wilmington, DE
Monday - Friday 8:00 - 5:00
Remote
The Security Director will lead the Security Operations Center, enabling not only strategy, but leading leaders to manage 24/7 operations, overseeing incident response, detection and cyber engineering. The Director will ensure teams leverage automation and artificial intelligence to their full potential while developing the team to exceed their own expectations. The position requires not only passion, but the unwavering ability to protect an organization's digital assets from cyber threats, requiring strong technical, leadership, and financial skills to manage staff, tools, budgets, and processes for effective defense. Reporting to executive leadership.
Some of the things you'll be doing:

• Threat Detection & Response: Oversee SOC operations, threat intelligence, and incident response to ensure rapid, decisive action.
• Security Architecture & Engineering: Champion secure-by-design principles, cloud and perimeter defense, cryptography, and endpoint protection configurations.
• Operations Management: Oversee daily monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability management, and security tool efficacy (SIEM, EDR, etc.). ensure shift schedules for 24/7 coverage.
• Incident Response Leadership: Lead major incident command, ensuring containment, eradication, and recovery. Act as a subject matter expert for security issues.
• Budget & Finance: Manage the SOC budget, finances, and resource allocation.
• Strategy & Planning: Define the SOC's vision, roadmap, KPIs, and align security efforts with business goals.
• Team Leadership: Recruit, train, mentor, and evaluate cyber security analysts, engineers and managers.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current on threats, conduct purple team exercises, and drive efficiency.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, threats, and defense strategies.
• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Expertise with security technologies (SIEM, SOAR, XDR, SSE, Threat Analysis Platforms, etc.).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration and reporting.

As CSC's global technology footprint continues to grow, this leader will work with business and technology leadership to ensure the right support processes, standards, and policies are in place to keep our critical applications online. This leader will work with a matrixed set of employees, vendors, and partners to provide leading support services in a transparent and performance driven manner.
This individual will have a diversified background of technical infrastructure experience, demonstrated project management acumen, excellent vendor management skills, plus a superior, service-oriented approach to infrastructure engineering and a strong customer focus, all within a multi cloud, hybrid environment.
As a senior leader you will also serve as a member of the senior IT leadership team shaping IT strategy, making investment and priority trade-off decisions, reducing unit costs, negotiating and managing vendor contracts, and improving employee talent, commitment and morale.
What technical skills, experience and qualifications do you need?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field desired, Graduate/post graduate preferred.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of infrastructure or technical leadership experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Network Operations, Network Engineering, or Security Operations. Combination of the 3 preferred.
• GIAC, ISC2 or ISACA certification(s) preferred.
• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute in a high-pressure environment.
• Demonstrated ability to assess customer/client needs, creatively approach solutions, decide and influence appropriate courses of action.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy-to-understand business terms.

Come help grow and transform our global SOC serving a leading global services company. Come join the team if you are a passionate and global leader ready to make a lasting impact leading our global teams.
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About Us
CSC is a global business, legal, and financial services company based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, providing knowledge-based solutions to clients worldwide. We have offices and capabilities in over 140 jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, and more than 8,000 colleagues. We are the business behind business.®
Visit our careers site to learn more about CSC and our commitment to our clients, communities, and each other.
CSC is committed to creating a feeling of belonging through a diverse and growth-oriented environment where everyone is valued.
CSC colleagues have global career opportunities and excellent benefits, including annual success-sharing bonuses or commission plans based on individual performance. To learn more, visit cscglobal.com/service/careers.
We offer a range of support to colleagues with disabilities, ensuring people have the necessary resources to thrive in their roles. We encourage candidates to work closely with our talent acquisition partners to convey their specific needs. Our commitment to accessibility reflects our broader dedication to diversity and belonging,
CSC only accepts resumes from employment agencies that are part of our approved supplier program. Resumes submitted from other agencies either to talent acquisition, our hiring leaders, employees, or through any other mechanism other than our supplier process, will not be eligible to claim related fees and the submitted resumes will be considered property of CSC.
We encourage candidates to apply directly to our website and not through third-party sources.
Disclaimer: The information above describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not intended to describe all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.
About the Team
CSC is a global business, legal, and financial services company based in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., providing market-leading expertise and knowledge-based solutions to clients worldwide. We have an unmatched global reach with offices and capabilities in more than 140 jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, and more than 8,500 colleagues. We are the business behind business.®
Visit our careers site to learn more about CSC, Our Values, and our unwavering commitment to our clients, communities, and each other.
CSC is dedicated to creating a feeling of belonging through a diverse and growth-oriented environment where everyone is respected. We offer a range of support to colleagues with disabilities, ensuring people have the necessary resources to thrive in their roles. We encourage candidates to work closely with our talent acquisition partners to convey their specific needs. Our commitment to accessibility reflects our broader dedication to diversity and belonging.
Colleagues are empowered to own their careers and have access to various career opportunities and excellent benefits, including annual Success Sharing bonuses or commission plans based on individual performance. To learn more, visit cscglobal.com/service/careers.
CSC only accepts resumes from employment agencies that are part of our approved supplier program. Resumes submitted from other agencies either to talent acquisition, our hiring leaders, employees, or through any other mechanism other than our supplier process will not be eligible to claim related fees and the submitted resumes will be considered property of CSC.
We encourage candidates to apply directly through our website and not through third-party sources.
Disclaimer: The information above describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not intended to describe all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.