Gusto processes billions of dollars in payroll every month for small businesses and their employees. Our clients trust us with a huge amount of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), including SSNs, EINs, salaries, home addresses, and more. Our business is largely built on trust, as a result protecting our clients' information is our top priority.In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing our security operations team, ensuring the implementation and maintenance of robust security measures, and responding effectively to security incidents. You will play a critical role in shaping our security strategy, optimizing security processes, and maintaining a high level of preparedness against cyber threats.Here's what you'll do day-to-day:Lead and mentor a team of security engineers, analysts, and incident responders responsible for 24x7 monitoring of Gusto systems.Work across organizations to affect positive security change as an collaborator, contributor, and communicator.Develop and implement cloud and corporate security strategies and initiatives aligned with organizational goals. Set goals and success metrics for the team.Continuously improve security operations processes and procedures.Oversee the monitoring of security systems, logs, and alerts to detect and respond to threats.Evaluate and select new security tools, technologies, and vendors when necessary.Manage internal security helpdesk that promptly assists employees with security questions and concerns.Here's what we're looking for:5+ years in security operations and security engineering experience and 2+ years experience leading teams.Experience managing teams responsible for detection and response, security operations, and incident management.Experience with incident response, either in-house or through an outsourced service provider. Involved in large scale incident response processes as an incident manager or other significant contributor.Ability to partner closely with cross-functional internal and external stakeholders to manage projects and incidents to create positive change for the organization.Demonstrated knowledge of AWS and other cloud technologies.Strong understanding of security principles, best practices, frameworks, and technologies.Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $214,000/yr to $262,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $251,000/yr to $307,000/yr for San Francisco & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
