Site Reliability Engineering Manager (US Remote)

Company Description

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

Job Description

As a Site Reliability Engineering Manager, you will lead a global team of experienced SREs in the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of our Cyber Threat Detection Pipeline. This is a remote role reporting to the Senior Director of Threat Informed Defense.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a global team of SREs in the design, implementation, and maintenance of our Threat Detection Pipeline.
• Promote the use of best practices in security engineering, including secure coding, security testing, and operational incident response.
• Guide the use of Detection as Code principles, using CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment and management of detection rules and platform configurations, ensuring fast, and reliable updates across our environment.
• Implement and maintain the platform's configuration through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Ansible and Terraform, ensuring that our security infrastructure is scalable, reproducible, and manageable through code.
• Manage the full lifecycle of security tools and platforms, including evaluation, selection, implementation, and optimization.
• Ensure the reliability and performance of the Threat Detection Pipeline through proactive monitoring.
• You will a culture of innovation, encouraging the team to explore new technologies and approaches that enhance our security capabilities.
• Manage the security engineering data storage and compute budget, ensuring allocation of resources through management of the data lifecycle.
• Present reports on the team's progress, operational incidents, and other relevant metrics to senior management.

Qualifications

• Experience: At least 10 years of experience in the SRE field preferably supporting a Cyber Threat Detection function.
• 3+ years in a leadership or managerial role overseeing a team.
• Scripting and Automation Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise in scripting and automation with a proficiency in either Python or Golang, ensuring the development of efficient, scalable security solutions.
• CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code: understanding and hands-on experience with CI/CD concepts, specifically relating to Infrastructure as Code, using platforms such as Github or Bitbucket to automate security operations.
• System Administration Skills: Experienced in system administration across multiple operating systems, including Linux, and Windows, with an emphasis on securing and maintaining IT environments.
• Network Forensics and Event Management: Proficiency in network forensics, including logging and event management, with a focus on identifying, analyzing, and mitigating network-based threats.
• Defensive Network Infrastructure Knowledge.
• Security Technologies Expertise.
• Security Monitoring Technologies: WAF, Web Proxies, UEBA, and DLP, to detect, prevent, and respond to security incidents.
• MITRE ATT&CK™ Framework Understanding: understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK™ framework, cyber threat landscapes, attack vectors, and threat actors, allowing informed decision-making and strategy development.
• Cybersecurity Framework Familiarity: Familiarity with common cybersecurity frameworks, such as NIST, or other leading practices and industry standards.
• Relevant Security Certifications: CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, or similar, demonstrating a commitment to professional development and expertise in the field.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and and it reflects what we believe. See our DEI work in action!

Please contact us at [email protected] to request the salary range of this position (please include the exact Job Title as it reads above in your email). In addition to a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunity, Experian offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off including 12 company paid holidays and parental and family care leave, an employee stock purchase plan and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

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