Senior Cybersecurity Architecture & Operations Lead

Culligan International; Rosemont (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Culligan International is seeking a seasoned cybersecurity leader to serve as the technical anchor of our global security program. You will own the architecture and day-to-day operation of core security capabilities—SSPM, DSPM, vulnerability management, SIEM, and SOC—across a complex global environment.

This player-coach role blends strategic influence with hands-on execution. You will design architecture, then roll up your sleeves to build, tune, and run it, maturing controls, evidence, and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive, hands-on cybersecurity engineering, architecture, and/or security operations.
• Experience with SSPM and DSPM platforms at scale.
• Proven ownership of a enterprise vulnerability management program, including risk-based prioritization and remediation governance.
• Hands-on experience administering a SIEM and managing or overseeing a SOC, including MSSP/MDR relationships.
• Strong working knowledge of cloud security (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), IAM, and SaaS ecosystems (e.g., M365, Salesforce, Workday).
• Experience operating in a global, multi-region environment with distributed teams and follow-the-sun coordination.
• Excellent communication skills—able to brief executives, write clear standards, and influence engineers without direct authority.
• Self-starter who operates with minimal direction and drives initiatives from concept to steady-state operation.

Responsibilities

• Security architecture: Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture across cloud, SaaS, network, endpoint, and identity domains.
• SSPM: Deploy, operate, and continuously tune our SSPM platform; drive remediation of SaaS misconfigurations and identity sprawl across the global SaaS estate.
• DSPM: Lead DSPM implementation and operations—discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across cloud and on-prem stores; partner with privacy and legal on governance.
• Vulnerability management: Own end-to-end lifecycle—scanning coverage, risk-based prioritization, remediation SLAs, and executive reporting.
• SIEM: Administer and optimize the SIEM platform—log source onboarding, parsing, detection engineering, use-case development, and cost management.
• SOC operations: Run day-to-day SOC operations, including oversight of MSSP/MDR partners; mature triage, escalation, and incident response playbooks.

Skills

Security architecture

SSPM/DSPM

Vulnerability management

SIEM

SOC operations

Cloud security

IAM

Global coordination

Executive communication

Cross-region collaboration

Tools

SSPM platform

DSPM platform

SIEM solution

MSSP/MDR management

Job description

Culligan International is seeking a seasoned cybersecurity leader to serve as the technical anchor of our global security program. You will own the architecture and day-to-day operation of core security capabilities—SSPM, DSPM, vulnerability management, SIEM, and SOC—across a complex global environment.

This player-coach role blends strategic influence with hands-on execution. You will design architecture, then roll up your sleeves to build, tune, and run it, maturing controls, evidence, and