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Kaiser Permanente · 1 day ago

Cyber Risk Defense Principal Advisor

California-Pleasanton-Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building A

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Cyber Risk Defense Principal Advisor who will manage and direct the maintenance and protection of the integrity and reliability of data, systems, and networks. The role involves driving execution across multiple work streams, leading proactive monitoring of threats, and providing consultation to the Cyber Risk Defense Center teams.

Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others

Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback

Leads team in the proactive monitoring and/or response to known or emerging threats against the KP network

Effectively communicates investigative findings to non-technical audiences

Provides consultation in regular operations meeting with Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC) teams

Drives closed loop processes on security efforts by providing feedback to the TDA leads and/or leadership

Demonstrates a consulting value by recommending adjustments to the collection strategy for deltas in scope, size, or emerging security threats

Drives information fusion procedures across operations and engineering, including activities such as Use Case planning/development, Use Case quality assurance validation, and response procedure documentation

Serves as a liaison between stage teams and upper management by identifying issues, improvement areas, or security/architectural gaps and suggesting appropriate improvements

Drives the development of the CRDC intellectual capital by leading process or procedure improvements, consulting on brown bag training sessions, and leading the development of new training documents

Builds partnerships with the CRDC Policy Engineers and Remediation teams to contain identified issues and determine the best approach for improving security posture

Facilitates follow-up remediation design and review efforts related to highly complex security events

Leads the investigation and triage of a wide variety of security events across cyber security domains

Serves as a subject matter expert in performing complex data analyses to support security event management processes, including root cause analysis

Coordinates the response and resolution of high impact or critical cyber security incidents

Provides insight and influence in determining the strategic direction for the development and deployment of threat detection capabilities and/or incident response plans

Drives the development and implementation of incident detection and/or handling processes which may include containment, protection, and remediation activities

Qualification

Information SecurityNetwork EngineeringData AnalysisIncident ResponseProject LeadershipCommunication SkillsCollaborationMentoring

Required

Minimum four (4) years in an informal leadership role working with project or technical teams

Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Social Science, Mathematics, or related field

Minimum ten (10) years experience in IT or a related field

Minimum four (4) years in information security or network engineering

Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement

Company

Kaiser Permanente

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Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services.

Founded in 1945

Oakland, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org

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