Director of Cybersecurity Architecture

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Information Technology

Job Profile

Director, Cybersecurity

Management Level

Director

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 25% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $159,400.00 - $265,600.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Director of Integrated Cybersecurity Architecture is responsible for leading a team of integrated cybersecurity architects that evangelize to all product and engineering teams the agreed upon cybersecurity architectural principles, standards, and design patterns, and advise teams how to build secure products and enterprise tools for all of Cox Automotive’s multi-cloud and on-premises environments. This role is focused on leading a team of cybersecurity architects that are integrated members of the product and engineering teams. A separate function defines the architecture guidelines that this role is responsible for advising the product and engineering teams on how to implement.

This leader’s organization will partner with all domestic product and engineering teams to identify unique cybersecurity risks to a product or enterprise tool using threat modeling and collaboratively design controls to mitigate the risks. This role is also responsible for clearly articulating the why, what, and how to adopt cybersecurity architectural guidelines. A successful candidate will have deep cybersecurity knowledge in the designing and building of secure software products and tools for multi-cloud and on-premises environments.

This role will report directly to the AVP of Security Architecture and Engineering at Cox Automotive.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead a team that is integrated with and in continuous contact with engineering teams to advise on the cybersecurity risk of their architecture decisions and assist with cybersecurity control implementation.
• Engage with Product, Engineering, Legal and other leaders to ensure security considerations underpin decisions about new technology, systems, network and related programs / projects.
• Serve as the cybersecurity lead on large-scale workload and component development, engage with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders to ensure mutual understanding, ongoing communication and alignment of outcome expectations.
• Drive discussion with product and engineering teams on the adoption of cybersecurity guidelines.
• Establishes and oversees repeatable processes and procedures for gathering, assessing and reporting on current and future threats and vulnerabilities.
• Lead workshops to develop threat models for products and enterprise tools and assist teams in identifying solutions to mitigate against threats.
• Designs and implements strategies and security initiatives to assess and improve virtual, physical, technical and process safeguards and controls.
• Guarantees security reviews and processes are incorporated into existing and proposed systems.
• Engage with cybersecurity peers to create a cohesive cybersecurity department and share back internally regarding business specific activities. Act as the on the ground cybersecurity security representative to the product and engineering teams.
• Participate in security events and incident response to identify gaps in current design and propose solutions to prevent threats from reoccurring.
• Educate and mentor product and enterprise architects and engineers on cybersecurity best practices and standards.
• Partner with the legal and security governance, risk and compliance teams to ensure that cybersecurity architecture enables compliance with relevant regulatory and contractual requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years of experience in a related field; or 14 years’ experience in a related field.
• At least 8 years focused on cybersecurity.
• At least 5 years in a people leader role directing and reviewing people’s performance.
• At least 3 years of direct experience with designing, securing, or operating AWS infrastructure and services.
• Clearly articulate the objective of specific cybersecurity policies and procedures to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to make strategic decisions, supervise complex programs, educate and influence highly skilled professionals, and influence business leaders relating to cybersecurity risk and control.
• Excellent customer service skills, writing, and executive presentation skills.
• Develop a strong and productive working environment with key stakeholders and collaborate closely with other Cox entities’ cybersecurity teams to implement cybersecurity best practices.
• Consultative nature to work through controversial or complex topics to employees, leaders, and/or senior leadership.
• Set the priorities and lead experienced individual contributors who have deep knowledge in their areas of expertise.
• Evaluate risks and make informed decisions based on impact and likelihood of the risk to the business.
• Knowledge of current cybersecurity and technology architectures such as zero trust, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, virtualization, containerization, DevSecOps, and software-defined networking across a variety of environments and deployments.
• How to develop a threat model for products and enterprise tools.
• Creatively solving complex cybersecurity challenges while exhibiting solid, pragmatic business acumen.
• Experience utilizing Agile methodologies.
• Initiating change and deploying solutions in Fortune 1000 companies.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., ISO 27000, NIST, FFIEC) and industry relevant regulations that will guide architectural requirements (e.g., GDPR, FFIEC, GLBA).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the development and design of cybersecurity standard methodologies to all layers of the hosting and application stack in both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), cryptography / key management, secrets management, access controls and security protocols (e.g., multi-factor, SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
• Experience with application security implementations and standard methodologies.
• Extensive technology knowledge and recognized expertise in several areas including Python, .NET, Java, Spring frameworks, Oracle, serverless, cloud patterns, cloud service and user authentication or similar.
• Experience with firewalls, web application firewalls, and other edge services as well as deep understanding of DMZ and other network architectures.
• AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Experience establishing a strategy for and implementing cloud enterprise solutions in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• A strong understanding of cloud containers and/or serverless platforms (e.g., EKS, ECS, Lambda, Fargate).
• Experience in national critical infrastructure industries (telecommunications, financial services, defense, government, etc.). 
• Big four consulting or Fortune 500 company experience.
• Relevant industry certification (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP, Azure, AWS, CISM, CISA).

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.