Cyber Defense Team Senior Manager - Europe

We are seeking a Cyber Defense Team (CDT) Senior Manager - Europe who will lead a multidisciplined team that provides a broad range of cyber defense capabilities to Sony Group Companies (SGCs), and report to a CDT Director in the US.

You will be a vital part of Sony’s program to secure information assets, services, and products that depend on them, building trust with internal partners, and protecting the privacy of Sony’s customers. Capabilities of the CDTs include cyber security monitoring, incident response, detection engineering, security engineering, vulnerability management, machine log data on-boarding, SOAR playbook development, among others.

You will directly lead the Incident Response and Threat Detection teams, and deputise for your Director when required. You will operate globally and work remotely, but should be flexible to travel mainly to London (with other EU and internationally travel occasionally) for key meetings. We also require the flexibility to match the early meetings for Japan, and evening meetings for the US.

You will:

• Lead a team of Cyber Defense and Detection & Response Engineers, delivering the strategic vision of the organization, settling team priorities, assigning work, performing administrative actions, and other managerial duties

• Foster existing relationships with assigned SGC partners and develop a deep understanding of the technology and cyber security challenges faced by the business

• Lead engagements with SGCs to identify cyber security requirements and develop tailored solutions to meet unique needs of the SGCs

• Plan the deployment of hardware and software based cyber security tools to locations on-prem and in cloud environments

• Ensure data on-boarding goals are met from on-prem, cloud (IaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) systems into Sony’s Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) system

• Identify requirements for operational processes, procedures, and documentation related to Sony’s cyber security engineering program and ensure development

• Prioritize the review of vulnerabilities for potential impact to SGCs and work with SGCs to order remediation or deployment of mitigating controls

• Serve as incident manager for cyber security related incidents in assigned SGCs

• Report on CDT program metrics and key performance indicators

• Collaborate with other teams and working groups on common issues and maintain a global awareness

You will bring:

• Extensive experience leading a technical team in a cyber defense related field

• Broad understanding of IT, cyber security concepts/tools, enterprise environments, privacy laws & regs etc

• Comfortable communicating and briefing technical, non-technical and senior leadership

• Experience with project management, preferable Agile management approaches and tools

• Crisis Management and/or Incident Management experience

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS)/Azure, and cyber security automation tools

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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