Manager, Detection Engineering and Security Automation

Hiring near our Irving TX and Stamford CT Centers of Excellence with a flexible environment.

About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation an outcome-driven approach to success and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About this role:

This role supports Gartners growing Security Operations team. We are seeking an experienced and innovative Manager Detection Engineering and Security Automation to lead a team responsible for building optimizing and automating advanced detection and response capabilities across our security ecosystem. This role combines technical leadership strategic planning and hands-on expertise to ensure our organization can rapidly detect respond to and mitigate threats at scale. Our team is filled with lifelong learners who are consistently researching ways to better defend and stay ahead of the threats of tomorrow. We are a collaborative flexible group where good ideas are brought forth and acted upon whether they come from the most experienced or the newest members of the team. As a leader on the team youll provide mentorship guidance and technical expertise.

What you will do:

• Team Leadership & Strategy
  • Lead and mentor a team of detection and security automation engineers.
  • Define and execute the roadmap for detection engineering and security automation aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Foster a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Detection Engineering
  • Oversee the design development and tuning of detection logic across SIEM EDR and cloud-native platforms.
  • Ensure detection coverage for emerging threats MITRE ATT&CK techniques and compliance requirements.
  • Partner with Threat Intelligence Purple Teams and Security Operations teams to develop validate and improve detection efficacy.
• Security Automation
  • Drive the development of automated workflows for alert triage incident response and threat hunting.
  • Implement orchestration solutions (SOAR) to reduce mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR).
  • Identify repetitive tasks and build scalable automation solutions using scripting and APIs.
• Operational Excellence
  • Establish KPIs and metrics to measure detection performance and automation impact.
  • Ensure high availability and reliability of detection and automation platforms.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement
  • Stay current with evolving threat landscapes detection technologies and automation frameworks.
  • Evaluate and implement new tools and techniques to enhance detection and response capabilities.

What you will need:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or related field or 7 years of experience in security operations detection engineering or related roles.
• 3 years in a leadership or managerial capacity.
• Experience driving security projects from requirements gathering to completion
• Ability to mentor motivate and coach team members leading to operational excellence
• Passion for security and solving tomorrows problems

Who you are:

• Skilled and experienced but possessing a servant leader mindset
• Able to relentlessly prioritize and see the big picture
• Comfortable both with delegating and rolling up your sleeves when the time comes
• Passion for coaching mentoring and development of others
• Accountable transparent and willing to go the extra mile when necessary
• Passion for security and solving tomorrows problems
• Willing to learn new technology platforms
• Strong team player
• Able to work proactively in a time sensitive operations environment.
• Innovation mindset Takes opportunities to make existing processes more efficient and thinks automation first
• Certifications such as GIAC GCDA GCFA GCTI GPYC or equivalent are a plus
• Cloud experience (AWS Azure GCP)
• Demonstrated ability to transform and shape teams

Dont meet every single requirement We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

What you will get:

• Competitive compensation.

• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.

• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses development programs technical courses certification opportunities and more!

• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.

• A chance to make an impact your work will contribute directly to our strategy.

• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.

• 20 PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.

• Extensive medical dental insurance and vision plan.

• 401K with corporate match immediate vesting.

• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.

• Parental leave.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Gartner Gives Charity Match.
  And much more!

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