Cybersecurity Director

We are seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Director to lead our organization's efforts in developing and maintaining robust analytical platforms for advanced threat detection and prevention.

This leader will oversee SIEM and UEBA platform engineering and delivery of Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) services to incident response personnel as well as operational monitoring of these critical services.

A successful leader will maintain a focus on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement to ensure engineering and automation services effectively support our partners in Cybersecurity Operations.

• Develop and implement strategies for delivery of SOAR services to drive incident response efficiency.
• Work with partner functions to ensure overall operations and lifecycle management of SIEM, UEBA, and SOAR platforms align with overall organizational strategy and goals.
• Manage teams of SIEM and UEBA Engineers, SOAR developers, and operational support personnel, fostering a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging team members to share ideas, learn from each other, and strive for excellence in their work.
• Identify and remediate issues with service performance, configuration, integrations, availability.
• Identify opportunities to automate incident response work to reduce incident response burden.
• Work with key stakeholders, such as project managers, security analysts, and leadership to ensure that services and deliverables align with organizational goals and objectives.
• Continuously monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and leading platforms and solutions related to cyber analytics services and SOAR services.
• Provide regular progress updates and reports to leadership, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and areas for improvement for SOAR, analytics platforms, and platform operations.
• Develop business cases for new initiative proposals and budget planning.
• Partner with supporting functions to evaluate cybersecurity analytics and SOAR service costs and identify opportunities for cost optimization.
• Ensure service management and deliverables comply with applicable regulation and corporate policies.

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, related field or equivalent experience and certification
• 8+ years of collective experience in cybersecurity roles
• 5+ years experience managing security engineering, IT systems engineering or similar functions
• Working knowledge of Information technology lifecycle management
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle management
• Current information security management certification such as CISSP or CISM
• Familiarity with industry-standard security frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Critical Security Controls, MITRE ATT&CK
• Proven track record of successfully leading and directing technical projects, with a strong focus on security
• Working knowledge of SOAR, SIEM and UEBA systems, IDS/IPS systems, EDR solutions, network protocols, cloud security
• Experience working closely with engineering and development teams to ensure seamless integration between systems and processes
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage budgets, timelines, and resources effectively
• A firm grasp of IT service management and systems engineering principles to ensure appropriate lifecycle management of analytics platforms, SOAR platforms, and middleware
• Leadership attributes: Strong negotiating, influencing and problem resolution skills

We offer a competitive salary range of $110,550 to $245,238 annually, as well as an annual bonus and restricted stock units/stock grants. Employees will accrue PTO balance for every hour worked and eligible to receive minimum of 7 holidays annually. All locations offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave, educational assistance, 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts.

Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.