Manager, Cyber Security

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About This Role

Ping Identity is seeking a Manager, Cyber Security to lead the day-to-day operational delivery of the Cyber Security Engineering team. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado with a global presence, the company provides an intelligent cloud identity platform that serves major enterprises worldwide, including over half of the Fortune 100. In this role, you will take ownership of operational coordination, team execution, incident readiness, prioritization, and continuous improvement across enterprise and Software-as-a-Service…

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate daily operational activities of the Cyber Security Engineering team
• Enhance operational capacity through improved planning, prioritization, delegation, and delivery practices
• Develop and mature capabilities in incident response, detection engineering, automation, and security operations
• Coach, lead, and support team members
• Design, develop, and implement incident response processes and playbooks
• Coordinate incident response across multi-disciplinary teams
• Provide technical and operational leadership for system design, change, and risk assessments
• Participate in and improve the weekly on-call rotation, including escalation and handover
• Lead the creation of reliable, maintainable, and scalable engineered security solutions
• Guide detection engineering activities across enterprise and SaaS environments
• Identify operational gaps and security risks to translate them into workable solutions
• Align operational priorities with the wider cyber security vision and strategy
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, infrastructure, product, and operations teams

Requirements

• Experience leading or managing security operations, security engineering, incident response, or technical operations teams
• Background in operational delivery including prioritization, planning, delegation, and continuous improvement
• Experience building team capacity and developing technical capabilities within a security function
• Incident Response experience involving complex incidents across multiple teams
• Familiarity with Security Orchestration and Automation tooling and custom scripting automation
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management systems, specifically Google Chronicle and YARA-L
• Understanding of cloud environments like AWS and GCP
• Experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience utilizing, deploying, or operating Endpoint Detection and Response tools
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing teams without direct reporting lines
• Ability to communicate technical risk and operational priorities to diverse audiences
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills during operational escalations and security incidents
• Participation in the team on-call rotation

Qualifications

• Experience building or leading a Security Operations Centre, Cyber Security Engineering, Detection Engineering, or technical operations function
• Experience defining operating models, team roadmaps, operational maturity plans, or capability development plans
• Experience utilizing and integrating threat intelligence into security systems

Core Skills

Benefits

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
• Parental leave
• Progressive healthcare options
• Retirement programs
• Opportunity for education reimbursement
• Commuter offset in specific locations

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