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Kaiser Permanente · 1 day ago

Director of Cyber Risk Defense - TDO

California-Pleasanton-Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building A

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

8+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Director of Cyber Risk Defense - TDO to oversee the proactive monitoring and response to emerging cyber threats. This role involves directing incident handling processes, developing response plans, and ensuring effective communication of findings to stakeholders.

Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Directs the operation of multiple units and/or departments by identifying customer and operational needs; analyzing resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; gaining cross-functional support for business plans 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; and ensuring products and/or services meet customer requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies

Demonstrates continuous learning and maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning resource plans with business objectives; overseeing the recruitment, selection, and development of talent; motivating teams; preparing individuals for growth opportunities and advancement; staying current with industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; providing guidance when difficult decisions need to be made; and ensuring performance management guidelines and expectations drive business objectives and results

Takes accountability for the proactive monitoring and/or response to known or emerging threats against the KP network

Effectively communicates investigative findings to non-technical audiences

Ensures closed loop processes on security efforts by providing feedback to the Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC) leads and/or leadership

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

Overseeing and ensuring partnerships between stage teams and upper management to drive the identification and resolution of issues, improvement areas, or security/architectural gaps

Establishes a network of partnerships with the CRDC Policy Engineers and Remediation teams to ensure identified issues are contained and to set the direction for improving security posture

Oversees follow-up remediation design and review efforts

Ensures security events across cyber security domains are investigated and triaged as appropriate

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

Sets the strategic direction for the development and deployment of incident response plans

Provides overall direction for incident handling processes, including containment, protection, and remediation activities

Qualification

Information SecurityIncident ResponseCyber Security ManagementBudget ManagementProject FinancialsSupervisory ExperienceBusiness AdministrationComputer ScienceSocial ScienceMathematics

Required

Minimum four (4) years supervisory experience

Minimum four (4) years managing operating budgets and/or project financials

Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Social Science, Mathematics, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in IT or a related field, including 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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