Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Security Operations

Dine Brands Global • Pasadena, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Based in Pasadena, California, Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), through its subsidiaries, franchises restaurants under Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar®, IHOP® and Fuzzy's Taco Shop® brands. With over 3,500 restaurants combined in 18 countries and 354 franchisees as of December 31, 2023, Dine Brands is one of the largest full-service restaurant companies in the world. For more information on Dine Brands, visit the Company's website located at www.dinebrands.com. Job Location Type Hybrid - The Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Security Operations is responsible for security operations. Security operations is responsible to ensure asset protection, vulnerability management, threat monitoring and security incident response. This function provides operational oversight of the Security Operations Center, responding to incidents, conducting internal investigations and maintaining the procedures/playbooks to perform the security incident response functions. Additionally, this function is responsible for defending infrastructure and systems from adversaries and insider threats. This includes using tools to analyze and respond to threats, real time response and promote routine readiness exercises including engagement with third party IR firm, law enforcement and cross-functional teams as needed. This role will drive strategic security initiatives, strengthen our cross-functional alignment and ensure delivery excellence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of lead experience in cybersecurity, IT, and cyber management roles
• 5+ years in incident response, investigation and management of threat intelligence gathering
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or related discipline preferred.
• CISSP, CISM, CSSP or equivalent certificate preferred.
• Work Experience Mid to Senior Level with minimum 7 years of progressive experience in security and IT industries.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a security operations and cyber incident management role with experience in delivering security projects.
• Experience with implementation of security controls, including: Single sign-on and multifactor authentication for applications. Implementation of security solutions such as encryption, mobile device management, identity access management solution, password management, system secure configuration baseline, cloud security platforms including O365, Azure, AWS, and Oracle clouds.
• Experience or working knowledge of penetration testing methods.
• A proven ability to interface and effectively communicate across Dine’s organization, and analytical demeanor.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities while multitasking effectively.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks, standards and best practices (e.g., NIST, COBIT, PCI DSS, SOX, data privacy and breach laws).

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the vulnerability management program to reduce threats of security breach by addressing critical security patches
• Oversight of the security operations and management of level 1 security alert triage activity
• Ensure all assets are properly reporting into the centralized security monitoring process
• Deliver a cross-functional incident management program, including incident response plans and procedures
• Conduct practice exercises and drills to ensure readiness to respond to security events
• Facilitate threat monitoring and intelligence gathering to proactively action
• Conduct regular security assessments and testing
• Act as a key escalation point for franchise related security events
• Manage the day-to-day delivery of multiple security monitoring functions and outcomes, including triage, escalations, proactive hunting, and tactical response
• Adapt the team’s approach to security monitoring to ensure complete coverage
• Develop and deliver long term strategies and roadmaps for security monitoring of our internal networks and security monitoring for company owned restaurants
• Lead the development of processes and procedures to improve system and service uptime, maintenance, and delivery
• Stay informed on security developments, including research industry trends, ongoing security threats, and new security tools
• Identify, improve, and measure meaningful security monitoring metrics, including defining and delivering against objectives and key results

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level