Sr. Manager, Security Platform Operations

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Eli Lilly Cork is made up of a talented diverse team of over 2000 employees across 60 nationalities who deliver innovative solutions that add value across a variety of Business Service functions including Finance, Information Technology, Medical, Clinical Trials and more. Eli Lilly Cork offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on-site parking. Inhouse 
People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our ‘Live Your BEST Life’ wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

Eli Lilly Cork is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We cater for all dimensions ensuring inclusion of all ethnicities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds, generations, sexuality, visible and invisible disabilities and gender, with four pillars: EnAble, Age & Culture, LGBTQ+ and GIN-Gender Inclusion Network. EnAble, our pillar for people with disabilities and those that care for them, partners with the Access Lilly initiative to make our physical and digital environment accessible and inclusive for all. Together they are committed to promoting awareness to create a disability confident culture both at Eli Lilly Cork and beyond. 

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Role Overview:

The Manager and Service Lead of Security Platform Operations is responsible for building and leading a world-class operations team focused on providing efficient and high-quality support across the company's network security, endpoint security, enterprise logging, and cyber ops platforms. This includes staffing a new global service, implementing, refreshing, or modernizing processes for incident, problem and issue management, and delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Service Establishment & Operations:

• Design and implement the organizational structure, staffing model, and operational processes for a global Security Platform Operations service
• Define tier 1 and tier 2 support offerings, escalation paths, and handoffs with other teams
• Establish SLAs, OLAs, and KPIs to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement

Incident, Problem, and Issue Management: 

• Implement robust processes for incident management, root cause analysis, and problem resolution
• Oversee triage, troubleshooting, and timely remediation of security platform issues and incidents
• Drive major incident management and effective communication during high severity events

Platform Monitoring and Administration:

• Ensure 24/7 monitoring, alerting, and health checks across all security platforms, services, and integrations
• Implement runbook automation for routine administration, deployment, and configuration tasks
• Drive adoption of key processes like change management, release management, and knowledge management

Customer Service and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Foster a customer-centric culture focused on responsiveness, technical expertise, and white-glove service 
• Manage service desk operations, including ticket queues, SLA adherence, and customer satisfaction 
• Engage stakeholders across security teams, IT, business units, and vendors to understand requirements

Team Development and Knowledge Management: 

• Recruit, hire and develop a high-performing team of security operations analysts and engineers
• Cultivate technical depth through training, mentoring, and exposure to a diverse range of platforms
• Establish knowledge management processes to capture institutional knowledge and enable self-service

Workforce Optimization and Tooling:

• Implement workforce management to balance workload, staffing levels, and service commitments
• Evaluate, implement and optimize tooling for monitoring, automation and knowledge management
• Measure performance through well-defined metrics and drive continuous service improvement

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in IT/security operations, with deep expertise across network security, endpoint security, logging and related domains
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing and motivating teams of operations analysts and engineers
• Experience establishing and managing a global 24x7 operations service
• Previous experience with endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions; understanding of endpoint security best practices
• Previous experience with network security tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, web filtering, and network access control solutions
• Previous experience with Logging or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms
• Experience optimizing high volume support environments through automation, knowledge management and team proficiency development
• Expertise in security tools from vendors like Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Splunk, Cloudflare, ServiceNow, etc.

Additional Preferences/Information:

• Familiarity with security operations concepts such as use case development, security monitoring, and analytics
• Strong technical and operational process skills, with knowledge of IT service management best practices 
• Ability to build and operate a service from the ground up, including designing processes, tools selection, and staffing
• Exceptional customer service orientation with strong interpersonal and communication skills

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