Director, Security Operations

WE ARE VERITONE 

We are driven by the belief that Artificial Intelligence is mankind’s greatest invention. It is the key to building a safer, more vibrant, transparent, and empowered society. We are determined to be an active contributor to shaping our future for the better. We care about the ethical implications of AI and the prosperity and well-being of all individuals, as well as the growth and continued successes of our employees, customers, and partners.

Veritone’s mission today is more important than ever. We’re here to democratize AI and enable every organization and every person with the power of AI. What started in 2014 with the idea of providing unified access to hundreds of cognitive engines through one common software infrastructure, evolved to the world’s first AI operating system, aiWARE, which orchestrates a diverse ecosystem of cognitive engines to power intelligent automation for both commercial and government organizations. As we progress, we will continue to move humans from “in” to “on” to “out of the loop” to help them accelerate workflows, save time and costs, and uncover new insights and opportunities.  You can view us at: www.veritone.com / www.veritoneone.com 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

As a Director, Security Operations you’ll lead a group focused on building, maintaining, and operating an integrated and cross-functional NOC / SOC to support Veritone’s employees and customers worldwide. You’ll be responsible for strategic planning and day-to-day operational oversight of Security Operations’ products and services, creating and maturing processes, and driving innovation in the cybersecurity space across Veritone.

This position will report within the office of the CIO and have company wide visibility. Veritone is a Remote First company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee Veritone’s SOC to ensure coordination with interdepartmental partners to provide intelligence, coordination, and communications on availability and security-related matters
• Partner with Veritone’s Compliance teams to ensure Security and Compliance are aligned and mutually beneficial
• Partner with cross-departmental security teams to enhance programs supporting a mobile corporate workforce and geographically diverse customer base
• Develop technology platforms to create an integrated common operating picture for Veritone to provide global situational awareness
• Assist Security Engineering teams with security systems technology integration, design, and implementation
• Assist with the ongoing development and continued maturity of crisis management and incident response programs
• Support the development of enterprise security services such as insider threat, travel security, and security awareness training
• Model risks based on Veritone’s likely threat actors and their sophistication
• Deep focus on data insights to drive prioritized risk and quickly identify security incidents
• Develop relationships with intelligence partners
• Remain up-to-date on emerging security trends that may impact Veritone

WHAT YOU'LL NEED 

• Experience as a security or site reliability engineer, preferably at a late-stage startup or publicly traded company with a combination of 10+ years of experience managing teams of varying sizes and timezones
• Incident Handling: experience conducting or managing incident response for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organized Crime, and Hactivists
• Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise
• Systems Administration: an understanding of system internals is required to understand how to implement and execute countermeasures and remediation
• Network Forensic Analysis: knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools, and ability to perform analysis of associated network logs
• Malware Analysis: ability to perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand the nature of malware
• Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations
• Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: strong understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations; Expertise overseeing or developing a NOC/SOC at a multinational or publicly-held SaaS company 
• 5+ years of relevant incident handling experience
• 5+ years experience effectively leading technical information security professionals
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