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Job Function:
Technology Enterprise Strategy & SecurityJob Sub Function:
Security & ControlsJob Category:
People LeaderAll Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of AmericaJob Description:
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Threat Detection & Incident Response to join our global efforts in enhancing our cybersecurity posture through innovative services and technology solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, extensive experience in cyber defense technologies, and the ability to drive strategic initiatives in a fast-paced environment. The primary responsibility is to investigate and respond to business impacting IT Security incidents; ensuring timely and accurate incident validation, containment, and recovery.
This role will interface with many stakeholders inside and outside of ISRM to ensure alignment and readiness to respond to IT Security incidents, evaluate tools and procedures, and provide guidance and direction as a top subject matter expert on digital forensics and incident response.
Main Responsibilities
- Leadership and Strategy: Provide subject matter expertise and participate in performing continuous monitoring of suspicious activity and alerts, triage and diagnosis of threats, and root cause analysis and remediation of incidents. Review and accept escalations for business impacting incidents and command a technical investigation team to respond through containment and recovery.
- Digital Forensics and Incident Response: Collect and analyze electronic devices, logs, malware, and other digital artifacts in support of security investigations and response.
- Incident Reporting and Stakeholder Management: Prepare and present regular reports and updates to senior management on the status and impact of incident response efforts.
Other Duties:
- Team Development. Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
- Tool Evaluation and Selection. Evaluate and recommend cybersecurity tools and technologies that enhance response capabilities.
- Risk Management. Identify potential risks and vulnerabilities in systems and processes and coordinate mitigation of them.
- Threat Intelligence and Analysis. Utilize threat intelligence to inform response efforts and to bolster proactive defense measures.
- Metrics. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of incident response services and initiatives.
- Drive and participate in global on-call rotation to coordinate around the clock monitoring and response to major incidents.
Qualifications
Education:
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
Required Experience & Skills:
- 10 years of experience in digital forensics and incident response.
- Digital forensics tools and techniques.
- Incident response including major incident response leadership.
- Technical writing and communication.
- Cyber defense frameworks (NIST, ISO, CIS).
- SIEM tools (Splunk, Sentinel).
- Programming or scripting (PHP, Python, Javascript).
- Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence and ML‑based threat detection and automation tools and how to govern their use in a SOC/TDR context.
- Understanding of ML model behavior, false‑positive reduction, and ethical governance.
- Data interpretation and feature‑analysis capabilities for threat‑analytics models.
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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Business Process Design, Creating Purpose, Crisis Management, Critical Thinking, Cybersecurity, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Information Security Auditing, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Information Technology (IT) Security Assessments, Information Technology Strategies, Leadership, Organizing, People Performance Management, Presentation Design, Process Optimization, Security Architecture Design, Security PoliciesThe anticipated base pay range for this position is :
The anticipated base pay range for this position is: $150,000- $258,750Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits