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Job Title:
Manager of Cyber Defense Operations
Pay Grade:
M3
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and coordinate the organization’s incident response efforts, ensuring timely detection, analysis, and resolution of security incidents, while taking a leading role in actual incident responses.
- Develop and implement proactive threat hunting strategies to identify and mitigate potential security threats before they escalate.
- Supervise the daily activities of the cybersecurity analysts and engineers, ensuring efficient operations and optimal resource allocation.
- Create, maintain, and update incident response plans, security policies, playbooks, and runbooks to align with industry best practices.
- Evaluate security risks and vulnerabilities within the organization's infrastructure and develop strategies and processes for remediation and improvement.
- Stay current with emerging threats and trends in cybersecurity, providing actionable intelligence to inform security operations.
- Identify, assess, and respond to IoCs (Indicators of Compromise) to enhance threat detection and inform incident response efforts.
- Mentor and support the professional growth of cybersecurity analysts and engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance team environment.
- Work closely with IT and compliance teams to ensure alignment on security initiatives, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Define, track, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) and other outcome-driven metrics related to incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, and overall cybersecurity effectiveness.
- Evaluate, select, and deploy cybersecurity tools and technologies that support incident response, threat defence, and threat hunting efforts.
- Lead and coordinate regular incident response exercises and training for the cybersecurity team to ensure readiness for real-world incident scenarios.
- Collaborate with Governance, Risk, and Compliance team during security audits and contribute to remediation efforts to address identified vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
- Establish a continuous improvement framework for the cybersecurity operations team by regularly reviewing processes against threats and risks while identifying opportunities for enhancement.
Key Performance Measures:
- Average time taken to detect, analyze, and resolve security incidents, measured from the initial alert to final resolution.
- Percentage of identified threats successfully detected through proactive threat hunting initiatives, indicating the effectiveness of threat detection strategies.
- Percentage of alerts that are false positives compared to total alerts generated by security systems, assessing the accuracy of detection methodologies.
- Percentage of audit findings related to incident response and security posture that are resolved within defined timeframes.
- Number of documented updates to incident response plans, security policies, playbooks, and runbooks completed within the fiscal year to ensure they reflect current threats and best practices.
- Number and percentage of analysed IoCs that lead to actionable insights or incident response activities, demonstrating proactive threat management.
- Stakeholder communication effectiveness measured through regular feedback from executive management regarding clarity and effectiveness of communication on security risks and incident resolutions.
- Percentage of identified vulnerabilities that are remediated within defined timelines, indicating the effectiveness of the vulnerability management program.
- Number of vulnerability assessments conducted within a specified period (e.g., quarterly, or annually), reflecting proactive identification of weaknesses within the organization’s infrastructure.
- Average time taken to detect, analyze, and resolve security incidents, measured from the initial alert to final resolution.
- Percentage of identified threats successfully detected through proactive threat hunting initiatives, indicating the effectiveness of threat detection strategies.
- Percentage of alerts that are false positives compared to total alerts generated by security systems, assessing the accuracy of detection methodologies.
- Percentage of audit findings related to incident response and security posture that are resolved within defined timeframes.
- Number of documented updates to incident response plans, security policies, playbooks, and runbooks completed within the fiscal year to ensure they reflect current threats and best practices.
- Number and percentage of analysed IoCs that lead to actionable insights or incident response activities, demonstrating proactive threat management.
- Stakeholder communication effectiveness measured through regular feedback from executive management regarding clarity and effectiveness of communication on security risks and incident resolutions.
- Percentage of identified vulnerabilities that are remediated within defined timelines, indicating the effectiveness of the vulnerability management program.
- Number of vulnerability assessments conducted within a specified period (e.g., quarterly, or annually), reflecting proactive identification of weaknesses within the organization’s infrastructure.
Primary Location:
Indianapolis, IN
Additional Locations:
Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
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What We Do
Allison Transmission is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Our products are specified by more than 300 of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers and are used in a range of market sectors—from bus, refuse and emergency to construction, distribution and defense.
Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company’s global headquarters is still located. We have approximately 1,400 dealer and distributor locations, employ more than 2,700 people around the world and our international presence spans more than 80 countries.
OUR VISION
In addition to being the world’s leading provider of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems, we also strive to be the foremost provider of parts and services for our customers.
Whether you drive, sell, service or distribute on-highway vehicles, defense vehicles or off-highway equipment, Allison provides you with the highest quality products and the best customer care. We work to win your trust and enthusiasm through continuous improvement driven by the integrity, teamwork and innovation from our employees and authorized partners.
OUR PROMISE
Allison promises our customers an automatic experience like they’ve never had: an unrivaled combination of Quality, Reliability, Durability, Vocational Value and Customer Service.