Sr. Manager, Security Architecture

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Your New Role: 

 As Sr. Manager of Security Architecture, the ideal candidate is expected to:      
  

• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Security Architecture framework, ensuring scalability and resilience.  

• Manage and lead technical staff in accordance with WBD’s policies and structures  

• Provide technical leadership and management of Security initiatives from conception through deployment and handover.  

• Collaborate with our corporate functions, including Internal Audit, Legal and Compliance, Privacy, and Sourcing, to ensure that WBD maintains a strong cybersecurity posture.  

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive vision and strategy for enterprise-wide security architecture initiatives in order to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs.  

• Drive consideration of cybersecurity tools and datasets to enhance detective and preventive control sets.  

• Understand technical security issues and the implications to WBD businesses and be able to communicate them to management and other business leaders.  

• Understand emerging security technologies and determine the appropriate use within business applications.  

• Maintain and enforce WBD’s cybersecurity policies, standards, baselines, and secure design documentation.  

• Execute and improve WBD’s security architecture review process and ensure compliance for all business initiatives.  

• Execute and improve WBD’s policy exception technical review process and ensure compliance for all business initiatives.   

• Lead the design and deployment of internal security solutions (e.g., SIEM, EDR, firewalls, WAF, DLP, SOAR, Vulnerability Scanning and Data Management Tools, deception technology, etc.).  

Your Role Accountabilities: 

•  Provide technical leadership and management of Security initiatives from conception through deployment and handover.  

•  Develop and maintain the enterprise security architecture framework, ensuring scalability and resilience.    

• Manage and lead technical staff in accordance with WBD’s policies and structures.   

• Conduct security audits and assessments to regularly determine the effectiveness of security platforms and identify areas of improvement.   

• Research and explore emerging security technologies and determine their appropriate use within the company.   

• Execute and improve WBD’s security policy exception and technical architecture review process.  

Qualifications & Experiences: 

• 9+ years of experience in Enterprise