Security Operations Technical Lead - US/UK

Woven by Toyota • Palo Alto, CA

68d • $140,000 - $230,000

About The Position

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society. Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all. The security team at Woven by Toyota is on the cutting edge of many challenging security problems. We identify emerging security threats in autonomous vehicles and help design more secure systems. We work closely with internal platform teams to provide a secure development environment through tooling and automation, allowing developers to innovate quickly without compromising security.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience of technical leadership, or managing & developing high-performance teams.
• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience as a security professional.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Ability to triage, investigate and respond to security alerts and conduct technical investigations of security incidents to identify root causes.
• Excellent written communication skills, with a focus on translating technically complex issues into simple, easy to understand concepts in English.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of experience in technical leadership & developing high-performance teams.
• Experience in leading SOC improvement projects.
• Experience with large-scale SIEM, SOAR, EDR and other major security deployments.
• Experience in managing Extended Detection and Response tools such as Microsoft 365 Defender, CrowdStrike, etc.
• Hands-on experience with a major forensics toolkit (Valociraptor, Encase, FTK, etc).
• Experience with operating under various privacy frameworks (CCPA, GDPR, etc).
• Significant experience with detection engineering, incident response, and threat intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical lead for a regional security operations team responsible for intrusion detection and incident response.
• Respond to security incidents, conduct forensics and technical investigations.
• Inspire, grow, and develop talent while providing vision, setting team direction, and leading effectively through outcomes rather than tasks.
• Help define and execute a strategy for detection, investigation, and incident response.
• Drive changes to increase enterprise visibility and defensibility.
• Lead security operation engineers to handle security operation tasks.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to automate manual toil.
• Measure and report on operational metrics, objectives, and key performance indicators to assure the team achieves operational excellence.
• Solve problems in unique ways with an automation-first mindset.
• Leverage new and existing tools to resolve long-standing challenges in ways that do not generate additional work for teams at Woven by Toyota.

Benefits

• Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage.
• A rewarding 401k program.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Family planning and care benefits.

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