Sr. Director, Cyber Defense and Security Operations

SanDisk; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandisk is seeking a Senior Director of Cyber Defense & Security Operations in Irvine, CA. This executive role leads the enterprise cyber defense program, reporting to the CISO, and guiding security operations, threat detection, incident response and cyber defense engineering across a global technology environment.

The position requires strategic and technical leadership, with the ability to communicate threat and risk to senior leadership and drive a multi-year security roadmap in a

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CISO to develop and execute the organization's enterprise cyber defense and security operations strategy.
• Establish a comprehensive cyber defense operating model encompassing prevention, detection, investigation, containment, response, remediation, and recovery.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap for security operations, threat detection, incident response, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and cyber defense engineering.
• Translate emerging threats and business risks into actionable cyber defense priorities, investments, capabilities, and technical controls.
• Establish measurable security operations objectives, service levels, performance metrics, and maturity targets.
• Continuously assess cyber defense capabilities against the changing threat landscape and identify opportunities to improve organizational resilience.
• Balance security requirements with business velocity, operational requirements, and the needs of a fast-moving global technology organization.
• Provide executive leadership and oversight for the organization's Security Operations Center (SOC) and enterprise security monitoring capabilities.
• Ensure effective 24x7 monitoring, detection, investigation, escalation, and response capabilities appropriate to organizational risk.
• Develop and continuously improve threat detection strategies across endpoints, networks, cloud environments,

Job description

General Information

Job Name

Sr. Director, Cyber Defense and Security Operations

Country/Region

United States of America

State

California

City

Irvine

Work Location

Irvine Office

Work Mode

Employees work on-site

Salary Range

$196,000 - $333,000

Exemption Status

Exempt

Business Function

Security Operations

Employment Type

Full-time

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Description

The Senior Director of Cyber Defense & Operations is a senior cybersecurity leader responsible for protecting the organization against evolving cyber threats through the development, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise cyber defense capabilities. Reporting directly to the Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), this role provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership across Security Operations, Threat Detection and Response, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability and Exposure Management, Security Monitoring, Security Automation, and Cyber Defense Engineering. The Senior Director is responsible for ensuring the organization can effectively identify, detect, investigate, contain, remediate, and recover from cybersecurity threats and incidents across a complex global technology environment. The role requires deep technical cybersecurity expertise combined with strong leadership, operational management, and executive communication skills. This individual must be comfortable operating at both the technical and executive levels engaging directly with security engineers and analysts during complex security events while also communicating cybersecurity threats, operational risk, and response strategies to the CISO and senior leadership. The successful candidate will be a highly collaborative, technically credible leader who thrives in a fast-paced, global technology organization and can build scalable cyber defense capabilities capable of responding to a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Responsibilities

Cyber Defense Strategy & Leadership

• Partner with the CISO to develop and execute the organization's enterprise cyber defense and security operations strategy.
• Establish a comprehensive cyber defense operating model encompassing prevention, detection, investigation, containment, response, remediation, and recovery.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap for security operations, threat detection, incident response, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and cyber defense engineering.
• Translate emerging threats and business risks into actionable cyber defense priorities, investments, capabilities, and technical controls.
• Establish measurable security operations objectives, service levels, performance metrics, and maturity targets.
• Continuously assess cyber defense capabilities against the changing threat landscape and identify opportunities to improve organizational resilience.
• Balance security requirements with business velocity, operational requirements, and the needs of a fast-moving global technology organization.

Security Operations & Threat Detection

• Provide executive leadership and oversight for the organization's Security Operations Center (SOC) and enterprise security monitoring capabilities.
• Ensure effective 24x7 monitoring, detection, investigation, escalation, and response capabilities appropriate to organizational risk.
• Develop and continuously improve threat detection strategies across endpoints, networks, cloud environments,