Cyber Security Incident Response Senior Manager

PepsiCo•Plano, TX
•$123,500 - $206,750

About The Position

The Cyber Security Incident Response Senior Manager is responsible for the overall response to security incidents and threats. Within the Cyber Fusion Center organization, this role requires the ability to fully engage in all phases of the incident lifecycle, managing both direct and indirect reports, understanding threats and providing oversight to recommendations for mitigation/remediation, and interacting with stakeholders using high quality, risk-based communication strategies.

Requirements

  • 1+ year of leadership experience
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Experience working with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Red Teams, and Threat Defense and Hunting teams
  • Experience working with international teams
  • Customer oriented leader capable of communicating to technical and executive stakeholders
  • Organizational skills
  • A team-focused mentality with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders
  • An ability to effectively influence others to modify their opinions, plans, or behaviors
  • Proactive attitude, seeking for improvement opportunities which can positively impact the security posture and the business
  • An ability to work extremely well under pressure while maintaining a professional image and approach
  • Decision-making capabilities, with an ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one

Responsibilities

  • Identify, respond, and mitigate sophisticated threats to PepsiCo computer networks
  • Conduct incident response activities, including advanced investigation (forensic, malware analyses, root cause analysis etc.) to investigate potential intrusions and develop remediation guidance
  • Perform the activities necessary for the immediate, short-term rapid resolution of incidents to minimize risk exposure and production down-time
  • Maintain a professional communicative relationship with clients and management to provide information throughout the incident, problem, and change management cycles
  • Coordinate and drive efforts among multiple business units during response activities and post-mortem
  • Proactive monitoring of internal and external-facing environment using specialized security applications
  • Provide timely, comprehensive and accurate information to Information Security leadership in both written and verbal communications
  • Develop requisite expertise, knowledge, and ability to perform independently
  • Proactively research and monitor security-related information sources to aid in the identification of threats to PepsiCo’s networks, systems and intellectual property
  • Lead, mentor, and develop other staff members on incident response, analysis and tools
  • Routinely develop and update incident response playbooks to ensure response activities align with best practices, minimize gaps in response and provide comprehensive mitigation of threats.
  • Participate in after hours on-call rotation when required

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Disability
  • Health
  • Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life)
  • Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
  • Paid parental leave
  • Vacation
  • Sick
  • Bereavement
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