CDG - Sr. Engineering Manager, Cybersecurity
Widger Talent LLC, United States
Job Description
Cyber Defense Group (CDG) is a fast-growing cybersecurity consultancy based in LA. Our mission is to provide the most effective cyber defense for our clients through outcomes-based security. Our small-but-mighty team of industry experts combines decades of security experience at world-renown companies, and we’re proud that CDG already counts many prominent, diverse brands across the globe as our clients.
Cyber Defense Group is seeking an Sr. Engineering Manager, Cybersecurity to manage our team of security engineers, liaise effectively with clients on behalf of the vCISO, and demonstrate hands-on expertise in key security technologies as needed. Qualified candidates will be on a clear career trajectory toward becoming a vCISO in 2-4 years.
This is a remote position for now, but Los Angeles-area candidates are prioritized, as the core of our team is located in Los Angeles, and we do intend to return to the office in some capacity post-pandemic.
Responsibilities
- Communicate with clients on ongoing vCISO engagements
- Explain purpose and scope of vCISO engagement
- Conduct Security Assessments and Develop Assessment Reports
- Support clients in enhancing Security Awareness practices
- Evaluate and make recommendations on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery posture and plans
- Evaluate and recommend improvements to security access and technical safeguards
- Support preparation for audits and checks on various US and global standards, such as NIST CSF, CIS20, SOC2, HIPAA/HITECH, ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC2 and others
- Review and suggest improvements to overall Security Architecture, Plans and Designs
- Security/Consulting industry experience working in a customer facing role with customer relationship management at the senior level
- Hands on experience leading incident response activities for security events
- Experience with security on cloud platforms. This includes a deep understanding of offerings from key cloud providers (i.e. GCP,AWS, Azure)
- Expertise in a variety of multifactor authentication platforms and other relevant access management technologies
Requirements
- 10+ years experience in security engineering, must include 3+ years of formal management
- Experience as a security officer
- CISSP or similar
- Experiencing preparing for and attaining certification for ISO27001, GDPR, SOC2 or similar
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's in Cybersecurity preferred
Benefits
- Matching 401k
- Healthcare
- Paid Time Off