Cyber Defense Strategy & Incident Response Leader

Ohio State University; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

State retirement plan

Job summary

The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center seek an Associate Director, Cyber Defense to lead strategic security programs across IT and healthcare environments.

Reporting to the OSU CISO, you will drive governance for MSSOC, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence while guiding incident response initiatives and cross-functional collaboration with OSU departments and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity or equivalent.
• 7 years of progressive leadership experience in cybersecurity operations or engineering with supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Governing partner-led MSSOC and directing enterprise vulnerability management across IT, IoT and medical IoT devices.
• Architecting a Threat Intelligence capability and scaling the Incident Response function.
• Establishing alignment and collaboration across OSU health system, OTDI, and external vendors; manage runbooks and SLA performance.
• Lead, mentor and grow technical cybersecurity teams and manage third-party partnerships.

Skills

Leadership

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Vendor management

Communication to exec

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity/Healthcare IT/MBA

Tools

CISSP

CISM

NIST CSF/800-53

MITRE ATT&CK

CIS Controls

MSSP/SOC governance

Job description

The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center seek an Associate Director, Cyber Defense to lead strategic security programs across IT and healthcare environments.

Reporting to the OSU CISO, you will drive governance for MSSOC, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence while guiding incident response initiatives and cross-functional collaboration with OSU departments and external vendors.