Job Title:

IT Manager II - Cyber

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a passionate, experienced, and results-driven manager to guide a team of Cyber Engineers. We want a creative, highly motivated leader who can take initiative, have good sense of urgency and is comfortable working in a fast paced, agile environment. In this role, you will be responsible for performing day-to-day maintenance and optimization of cyber defense tools. Most notably you will maintain Western Alliance Bank’s SIEM and SOAR platforms for the day-to-day use of our cyber defense teams. You will also be required to fulfill auditor inquiries that challenge best practices and procedures for maintaining security platforms.

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Security Engineers tasked with the optimization, and maintenance of SOAR and SIEM.
• Manage the timely detection and mitigation of performance and availability degradation. Ensure the timely and accurate documentation of changes and optimizations.
• Adapt to changing architectures, technologies, and requirements.
• Draft and communicate technical milestones towards achieving broad sort and long term goals.
• Cater to the needs of Cyber Security Analysts and ensure that Cyber Toolsets are operational and running efficiently, effectively, and accurately. Maintain and update regularly technical documentation, flows, and training materials. Represent the Security Monitoring Center Engineering team on Technical Review Boards, Architecture Standards Boards, Change Management, etc.
• Respond timely and accurately to audit inquiries. Coordinate activities with other Technology departments to maintain optimization of toolsets. Track open internal and vendor tickets to ensure SLAs are met.

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a Cybersecurity or Computer Science Program OR
• 6+ years of total Information Technology experience including at least two of the following:
• 3 years in information security risk and compliance management, security project management, security policy management, and other security practices
• 3 years of specific experience identifying and responding to cyber security incidents and threats.
• 3 years of experience using scripting techniques (C#, C++, Powershell, Python, Rest API, etc.) to automate tasks.
• 3 years of experience in evaluating, installing, configuring, and maintaining at least 2 of the following security tools (IDS, IPS, SIEM, SOAR, DLP, Proxy, Firewall, Endpoint forensics, disk encryption, GRC, Vulnerability scanner, sandbox).
• 3 years Experience with interpreting and analyzing packet captures via Wireshark or like.
• RHCSA, RHCSE, CCNA, Microsoft, Azure, AWS, VMWare, or related technology training or certifications a plus.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, GCIH, Security+ or related certifications a plus.
• Proficient with MS Office suite.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [email protected] or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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