We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Dec 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Information Security Operations Director is responsible for supervising 24x7 cybersecurity operations and activities related to log analysis, incident response, threat hunting, use-case development, tuning, metrics, and security monitoring utilizing a wide array of security controls and toolsets. In addition, the Information Security Operations Director is responsible for developing, documenting, and administering processes, procedures, and guidelines in support of the duties and responsibilities of the team to enhance the capability of the cybersecurity operations program.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Supervise the day-to-day running of VCA's Security Operations Center

• Develop and support strategic plans and projects to meet Security and SOC goals and objectives.

• Drive strategy and projects that increase the overall growth and maturity of the cybersecurity operations program

• Supervise and lead a team of cybersecurity professionals to include holding regular meetings to review initiatives, team goals and issues

• Develop, document, and administer processes, procedures, and guidelines in support of the duties and responsibilities of the team to enhance the capability of the cybersecurity operations program

• Responsible for collecting, analyzing, escalating, and responding to cyber security attacks using SIEM and EDR technologies

• Drive and develop use-case and proactive alert maturity in SIEM

• Develop reporting of Key Performance Indictors for Executive Oversight of threats and incidents, including incident response SLAs

• Ensures that Service Level Agreements are defined, tracked and met

• Fulfill other related duties as assigned

Required Knowledge and Experience: 
Requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP Preferred

• Advanced computer skills

• Ability to read, write, and speak English

• Demonstrated capability in leading IT Security transformational initiatives in complex, dynamic environments

• Experience with information security control management tools such as e-mail security, endpoint security, network security.

• Success in delivering projects designed to improve information security controls.

• Familiarity with cloud security best practices and cloud security monitoring tools.

• Understanding and knowledge of security standards/frameworks such as NIST CSF, PCI DSS, CIS, OWASP etc.

• Strong sense of self, ethics and effort, as well as the willingness to go the extra mile to achieve important goals

• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills. Must be able to communicate with all levels including influencing executive leadership.

• Experience with application security testing software and methodologies.

• Deep understanding of current and emerging IT Security technologies and practices, and how other enterprises are employing them

• Strong hands-on experience with security in public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Networking, Operating Systems, Software Development, IAM, Key Management, Encryption, SIEM, DLP and Endpoint Security.

• Experience with SIEM technologies. Security tooling such as IPS/IDS, Firewalls, Web Application firewalls, network enumeration.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the IT Security workforce

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$176,800.00 - $265,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.