SENIOR MANAGER, SECURITY DETECTION & RESPONSE

Company: Circle
Location: West Hollywood
Posted on: November 12, 2024

Job Description:

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data - globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure - including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar - helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.What you'll be part of:Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.What you'll be responsible for: -Circle is looking for a passionate and highly organized Security Leader who is an absolute beast when it comes to responding to incidents across the organization and is brimming with ideas to improve SOC processes with automations and technology.You'll be part of the Security Operations team and manage a global team of highly skilled detection engineers who also function as our in-house 24/7 SOC. You can expect to help with occasional on-call duties and will be splitting Incident Commander duties with the Senior Director. -You'll also have the opportunity to closely partner with multiple teams across the business to identify and close security gaps through a mix of preventative and detective controls.What you'll work on: -Commanding incident response efforts, and acting as a subject matter expert for incidents across the organization.Managing the long tail of incidents beyond containment and eradication, which includes closing preventative gaps to ensure the same incident does not happen again.Building and documenting robust processes for handling events and incidents.Modeling threats to inform detection and logging priorities.Finding opportunities to take advantage of enrichments, automations and AI to handle events and improve detection efficiencies.Developing, driving, and clearly communicating project roadmaps to the team.Designing and conducting tabletop scenarios for security incidents, business continuity and disaster recovery.Providing mentorship, support, and career development opportunities for team members.You will aspire to our four core values:Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail. - -Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. -High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. - You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.What you'll bring to Circle:Strong ability to lead and work collaboratively across teams during high-stress situations.An organized, project management mindset for establishing processes and driving projects to completion and building metrics to communicate accomplishments.Enthusiasm for automation, scalable and reproducible security practices.Experience working in an AWS environment desired.An understanding of standards such as ISO 27001/27002 and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is desirable.Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and use good judgment to establish order of priorities on the fly.Experience working in financial services or financial technology desired.1+ year of experience managing medium sized teams.7+ years experience in security operations with a heavy emphasis on Incident Response.Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and Google Workspace.Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.Base Pay Range: $205,000 - $265,000We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in theE-Verify Programin certain locations, as required by law.#LI-RemoteJob SummaryJob number: JR100119Date posted : 2024-11-05Profession: SecurityEmployment type: Full time

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