Director, Cybersecurity Operations

onsemi - Scottsdale, AZ

Hiring: Director, Cybersecurity Operations Company: onsemi Location: Scottsdale, AZ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 07:42:39 Employment Type: Contract / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : GDPR, SIEM, SOC About the job Experience: •12+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, with 5+ years leading security operations, SOC, or incident response functions. Required Skills: •Strategy & Program Leadership •Define and execute the global security operations strategy and roadmap across converged IT and OT environments, aligned to onsemi’s business and manufacturing priorities. •Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global SOC team and pod-based operating model spanning detection engineering, incident response, threat intelligence, and OT security. •Establish and report security operations metrics, KPIs, and maturity (e.g., MTTD/MTTR, coverage, detection efficacy) to the CISO and executive leadership. •Own the MSSP and managed detection and response (MDR) relationships, including contract strategy, performance governance, and the build-versus-buy roadmap for SOC capabilities. •Direct 24x7x365 monitoring, triage, investigation, and response across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, AI runtime, and OT telemetry. •Serve as senior incident commander for P1/P2 incidents, coordinating cross-functional response, executive communication, and post-incident review. •Mature the detection engineering function, threat hunting, and purple-team practices to continuously improve coverage against MITRE ATT&CK and ICS/OT threat models. Qualifications: •Demonstrated experience building and leading distributed 24x7 SOC teams, including MSSP/MDR governance and hybrid operating models. •Deep expertise in threat detection and response, SIEM/SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and modern detection engineering. •Proven incident command experience leading high-severity, business-impacting incidents end to end. •Strong people leadership: building, scaling, and retaining technical security teams. •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field, or equivalent experience. •Operational familiarity with export-control (ITAR/EAR) data residency requirements and Fortune 500 regulatory environments (SOX, GDPR). •Hands-on experience deploying automation and agentic AI SecOps platforms in production. •Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GCIA, GCIH, or equivalent. •Knowledge of ISO27001, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATT&CK, and ICS/OT security frameworks (e.g., IEC 62443). •Leadership Competencies Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!