Director Cybersecurity Incident Response

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The Director of Cybersecurity Incident Response & Insider Threat leads MACUs enterprise-wide cyber incident response digital forensics threat intelligence and insider threat program. This role is responsible for preparing the organization to detect respond to and recover from cybersecurity incidents while protecting member data intellectual property and critical systems.

In this highly visible leadership role you will partner closely with Cybersecurity IT Legal HR Governance Risk Management and Executive Leadership to manage high-impact incidents insider risk and crisis situations. You will define response strategy mature operational capabilities and ensure the organization is resilient against both external

LOCATION: UTAH

9800 S MONROE ST

SANDY UT 84070

SCHEDULE: FULL-TIME

To be effective an individual must be able to perform each job duty successfully. This is a Director level role that will be tasked to come into the organization and be a hands-on leader to re-establish build manage and guide the team.

Incident Response & Crisis Management

• Lead the enterprise cybersecurity incident response program including preparation detection containment eradication and recovery activities.
• Serve as the executive incident commander for high-severity cybersecurity events coordinating technical teams business stakeholders and leadership.
• Define and maintain incident response plans playbooks escalation models and crisis communication procedures.
• Conduct executive-level briefings during and after incidents including post-incident reports root cause analysis and lessons learned.
• Oversee breach investigations digital forensics and evidence preservation in coordination with Legal and Compliance.
• Lead tabletop exercises red/blue team simulations and ransomware readiness scenarios.
• Lead the organizations brand protection efforts to safeguard reputation and identity.
• Lead proactive threat-hunting initiatives to identify advanced threats vulnerabilities and anomalous activities across the enterprise environment.
• Define and maintain incident response plans playbooks escalation models and crisis communication procedures.

Insider Threat Program Leadership

• Own and operate the enterprise Insider Threat Program addressing malicious negligent and compromised insider risks.
• Define insider threat detection triage investigation and response processes across people process and technology.
• Partner with HR Legal Privacy and Risk Management teams to ensure investigations are lawful and appropriate.
• Implement behavioral technical and contextual monitoring capabilities.
• Establish governance oversight and separation of duties for insider investigations.

Security Operations & Capability Maturity

• Collaborate with SOC leadership to enhance monitoring alerting and response automation.
• Drive continuous improvement using metrics and maturity models.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection and response strategies.

Governance Risk and Compliance

• Ensure alignment with regulatory frameworks including NCUA FFIEC and NIST.
• Support audits regulatory exams and breach notification requirements.
• Partner with Risk Management and Internal Audit to remediate gaps.

Leadership & Influence

• Lead and mentor incident response and insider threat professionals.
• Partner across IT Digital Solutions Legal HR Communications and executives.
• Act as a trusted advisor during high-impact and sensitive situations.

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Education and Experience

• 8 years of experience in cybersecurity operations or incident response with progressive responsibility.
• 5 years in a leadership role responsible for cybersecurity operations or incident response.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale incident response programs.
• Financial services or regulated industry experience preferred.
• Bachelors degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience required.

Licenses Certifications Registrations

• CISSP strongly preferred.
• GCIH GCFA CISM CISA or GIAC certifications highly desirable.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Expertise in incident response and digital forensics.
• Strong understanding of insider threat risk and investigations.
• Executive-level communication and leadership under pressure.
• Proven ability to balance security privacy and business needs.
• Data driven decision making and the ability to drive a program through metrics and tell the story of why things matter
• Strategic thinking.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Verbal/written communication skills.
• Leadership and talent management skills.
• Public speaking skills.

Physical Demands
Ability to sit talk and hear consistently

Vision Requirements
Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)

Weight Lifted or Force Exerted
Ability to lift up to 10 pounds frequently and up to 25 pounds occasionally

Environmental
There are no unusual environmental factors (such as a typical office)

Noise Environment
Moderate noise (business office with computers and printers light traffic)

***This Job is not eligible to be performed in Colorado or Connecticut either remotely or in-person.***

Mountain America Credit Union is an EEO/AA/ADA/Veterans employer.