Unilever - Senior Manager - Security Operations Centre

Company : Unilever

Position: SOC - Sr.Manager

Position Description :

- Responsible for Managing the Unilever Security Operations Centre (SOC). Unilever ISOC is responsible for detecting and responding to security events and maintaining the tools necessary to run SOC day to day operations. This is a leadership role but one which will involve managing a team that is hands-on and engaged, logged into tools, and will respond to incidents 24/7.

- Reports to the Director Security Operations and manages all SOC activities including - event monitoring, SIEM management, tool configuration and support, and regular vulnerability scanning.

- Supports the CISO/Director Security Operations in achieving the vision and strategic objectives. Regular reporting of executive and detail reports to relevant stakeholder for timely review & decision.

- Identifies competency gaps in SOC and develops training plans for SOC staff to have the skills required for identifying emerging threats.

- Supervises and directs threat identification projects.

- Directs, guides, oversees the activities of SOC staff who are charged with the analysis and management of threat identification information from a variety of sources.

- Responsible for the performance evaluation process for team members within the SOC. Act as a Mentor and work alongside SOC resources in improving their skills and techniques

- Briefs business leadership on incident response actions and potential risks.

- Collaborates with other Teams such as TVM, Assurance, etc. to mitigate cyber threats.

- Oversees, directs, and enhances the operational functions of SOC to detect, analyze and respond to advanced and emerging cyber threats. He/she is responsible for advising senior leadership on complex and often unique cyber threat issues.

- Improve the maturity of the SOC program by implementing process and procedure improvements. Work towards automating SOC workflows and reduce manual activities.

- Accountability for the organization, execution, planning and administration of the SOC function within the security operations group.

- Create programs that work on improving existing Security Operations tooling and work on fine tuning current Tool implementations

- Act as a Mentor and work alongside SOC resources in improving their skills and techniques

- Interact with IT, networking, and security assurance functions as well as Business, Human Resources and Legal Team

- On occasion, participate in interviews/interrogation of employees

- Be responsible for all vendor partner engagements on a day to day basis.

Essential :

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience in information security in a large, highly-regulated enterprise. Master's degree preferred

- A minimum of 13+ years of information security experience in a large, highly-regulated enterprise

- A minimum of 8+ years working and managing a SOC, a team of advanced threat identification and analysis experience

- Displays a proven track record in leading and managing a threat response team with emphasis on proactive threat identification, analysis and incident identification.

- Ability to apply threat intelligence to identify, assess, and report on current advanced threats

- Ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Desirable :

- 14 years of Information Technology experience with a focus on Security.

- 5+ years of experience in System Administration, Networking, or other operations-related field.

- 5+ years of experience with security technologies such as IDS/IPS, Firewalls, SIEM, and Proxies.

- Understanding of key security technologies such as IDS/IPS, Firewalls, WAF, Proxies, SIEM, and Application Whitelisting

- Experience with GCHQ and other British/European Info Sec compliance standards.

- SANS GIAC GCPM or OSCP CISSP certification(s) preferred