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Director-Cybersecurity

Alpharetta, Georgia

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Be a part of our elite cybersecurity team that provides strategy,
consulting, and threat detection to a wide range of customers.

"If you want to be continually challenged, always learning and able to shift careers, AT&T is the right place for you! I started at AT&T 18 years ago and never envisioned having an opportunity to transition into a Cybersecurity role."

Connie Bragg — Professional Cybersecurity

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Job Overview

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. 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.

The Director Cybersecurity is responsible for directing cybersecurity programs designed to protect AT&T's global Enterprise infrastructure, networks, devices, applications, and data.  Solutions safeguard customers, vendors, and partners.  Position requires innovation, strategic planning, technical proof of concepts, testing, lab work, production deployment/enablement, and ongoing security policy tuning and efficacy validation.  Maintains close alignment with technical program management and process related tasks associated with the cyber security programs, both internally and externally focused. You will have Associate Director Cybersecurity and other cybersecurity direct reports.  Position requires frequent reporting and updating to upper levels of management. 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Leads a team responsible for managing a suite of existing complex and expansive Enterprise security controls at various states of deployment and maturity.

  • Directs end to end lifecycle management of security controls from concept and implementation through EOL.

  • Supports and is available for 24x7 call to work activities to diagnose and resolve security controls related impacts to performance and functionality of applications, networks, and devices.

  • Builds and leads a high performing team to analyze and assess security control solutions, improve security efficacy of embedded controls, and identify strategic and tactical roadmaps.

  • Analysis of complex security issues and development and engineering activities focused on mitigating risk.

  • Evaluates various hardware and software solutions, recommending purchases to add or augment existing controls, based on emerging threat landscape and potential gaps.

  • Develops policies and procedures to minimize network intrusion, malware events, vulnerability issues, and data leakage, for internal and external customers.

  • Continuous security policy tuning, validation, and efficacy testing

  • Routine reporting of project progress and actual risk reduction, to all management levels.

Qualifications:

  • Preferred Master's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics or Cybersecurity related fields

  • Requires 10 or more years of related experience 

  • Prior experience managing technical teams required.

  • Demonstrated ability to manage, support, and tune large scale, complex, global Enterprise security solution deployments.

  • Demonstrated experience and expertise in all security domains listed under key technology skills, and a track record of reducing security risk. 

  • Advanced Cybersecurity expertise across endpoint, network, data, and cloud environments.

  • Ability to drive architectural, design, and engineering functions

  • Security policy creation, tuning, validation, and reporting; including metrics dashboards.

  • Vendor negotiations, management, and partnerships.

  • 24x7 Tier 4 support, including rapid call to work outage support

  • Ability to prioritize and manage resources and budget.

  • Requires daily office presence (3-5 days a week) at one of the listed locations.  No relocation assistance is provided.

Supervisory:

Yes.

#LI-Onsite  – Full-time office role-

Our Director-Cybersecurity, earns between $191,400.00-$287,200.00 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:

  • ·edical/Dental/Vision coverage.

  • 401(k) plan

  • Tuition reimbursement program.

  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 28 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.

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Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Bedminster, New Jersey

Salary Range:

$171,000.00 - $287,200.00

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-39675-1 Date posted 09/30/2024
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Benefits

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Let’s start with the big one: Your work gets rewarded with competitive compensation and benefits. It really does pay to be on our team.

Compensation

When it comes to priorities, we know family tops the list. For the moments that matter the most, you'll be there for them, and we'll be here for you.

Family Leave

Paid Time Off

Our people have class. Literally. We can help you out on approved education costs with our tuition assistance plan.

Tuition
Assistance

Here’s another reason to breathe easy: You and your family get access to excellent medical, dental and vision insurance options.

Insurance Options

Wanna make your friends really jealous? You’ll get discounted access to the latest and greatest AT&T products and services — plus other awesome items, like tickets to live events.

Discounts

You strike us as an over-achiever (don’t worry, it’s a compliment). Our training and development programs are your ticket to expert status in your job.

Training & Development

When the day comes that you get some much needed R&R (not that you’d ever want to leave #LifeAtATT) you’ll know your future is set with the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (ARSP).

Savings

Give back to your community and connect with colleagues through social and team-building events, and annual paid time off for volunteer efforts of your choice.

Community & Team Events

Wellness resources and incentives to help you prioritize your health and wellbeing and be your best self inside and outside of work.

Total Wellbeing

The Hiring Process

Step 1

Complete a quick application online and check your status often.

Step 2

Virtual or in-person
Interviews

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Step 3

Conditional
Job Offer

After a background check, you're part of the team.

Step 4

Welcome! Onboarding
and Training Begins

Our training and certification programs set you up for success.

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