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Associate Director Cybersecurity Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Alpharetta, Georgia

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Job Description:

Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Chief Security Office ensures that our assets are safeguarded through truthful transparency, enforce accountability and master cybersecurity to stay ahead of threats of threats. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.

Join our team as a Cybersecurity Supervisor, where you will lead the charge in safeguarding AT&T's firewall and firewall infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you'll ensure robust protection for AT&T, our customers, and our vendors/partners. You'll oversee and guide a team of 15 expert cybersecurity professionals, managing day-to-day operations and ensuring the seamless execution of various projects aimed at securing our customers, assets, data, IT systems, and networks. Your leadership will be instrumental in maintaining and enhancing our cybersecurity defenses.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Team Management:

  • Effectively manage and guide a team of cybersecurity experts, ensuring efficient workflow and task completion.

Operational Excellence

  • Ensure program operations are maintained supporting AT&T's broader cybersecurity and business objectives.

Strategic Impact:

  • Maintain momentum on key security hardening initiatives to safeguard our infrastructure and operations.

  • Mentor and develop a team of cybersecurity professionals, fostering continuous learning and career development.

  • Equip team members with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.

  • Keep team members updated with the latest security practices and technological advancements.

  • Create strategic roadmaps and enhance solutions to identify and mitigate sensitive data risks.

Technical Oversight:

  • Provide guidance and support for diverse solution portfolio.

Project Management:

  • Lead and manage significant projects, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.

Customer Service:

  • Deliver exceptional customer service in a technical and fast-paced environment.

  • Promptly address and resolve escalated issues to minimize operational disruptions.

Security Enforcement:

  • Implement and enforce best practices in data loss prevention technologies.

  • Ensure compliance with security policies to protect organizational assets.

Business Integration:

  • Understand security operations, business services, data centers, networking, and audit requirements.

  • Align cybersecurity initiatives with business goals, enhancing operational efficiency and security.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

  • Interact with vendors, external partners, application development teams, technical support, and leadership.

  • Provide technical assessments, analysis, and problem-solving expertise to stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and issue resolution.

  • Showcase program effectiveness through consistent metric reporting.

On-Call Support:

  • Provide 24x7 on-call leadership support as required to address urgent security issues and maintain operational continuity.

Risk Management:

  • Diagnosing and resolving potential security risks, outages, and other critical events.

  • Continual review of the security infrastructure/services and lead efforts to improve protection of our intellectual property assets and operational resilience.

Qualifications:

  • This position requires Daily Office Presence (5 days a week) in one of the listed locations (Dallas, Texas; Atlanta/Alpharetta, Georgia; Middletown/Bedminster, New Jersey). No relocation assistance is provided.

  • Preferred Master's degree in Information Systems, Engineering or Cyber Security related fields.

  • 3-5 years of experience managing highly technical security teams preferred.

  • 8-10 years of experience in cybersecurity.

  • Industry best Data Loss Prevention platform expertise

  • Microsoft Purview DLP expertise

  • DLP Security Engineering, support, operations, and remediation

  • Expertise in delivering and managing Cybersecurity or IT programs in a large enterprise

  • Experience in developing, maintaining, and executing strategic roadmaps

  • Strong knowledge of Insider Threat and Data Loss Prevention

  • Understanding of data protection and privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)

  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 cloud and encryption technologies.

#LI-Onsite  – Full-time office role-

Our Assoc Director-Cybersecurity, earns between $155,400.00-$233,200.00 USD Annual , Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

  • 401(k) plan

  • Tuition reimbursement program

  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Paid Caregiver Leave

  • Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected

  • Adoption Reimbursement

  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)

  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance

  • Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal

  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

  • Extensive employee wellness programs

  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

AT&T is leading the way to the future – for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we’ve built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined. Ready to #transformdigital with us?

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Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Alpharetta, Georgia

Salary Range:

$155,400.00 - $261,100.00

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Job ID R-48533 Date posted 01/17/2025
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