Senior Identity Management Leader

This Senior Manager position oversees 24x7 security monitoring and identity management processes. The successful candidate will design, deploy, execute, and optimize solutions in alignment with risk requirements and compliance obligations.

Key responsibilities include ensuring SIEM and SOAR environments are "fit for purpose" and continually enhanced to cover known and emerging MITRE ATT&CK techniques.

Additional duties include managing the global SOC team responsible for 24x7 alerting, triage, investigation, and Incident Response. This role also involves tracking SOC Maturity and partnering with CISO to establish a roadmap for growing SOC capabilities and automation.

The ideal candidate will have experience implementing Zero Trust capabilities in complex operating environments and possess security certifications such as CISSP or CISM.

Strong knowledge of IAM principles, design, and engineering is essential, including Single sign-on (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Privileged Access Management (PAM).

Experience working with modern cloud detection and response tools and processes is highly desirable.

• Ensure SIEM and SOAR environments are "fit for purpose" and continually enhanced to cover known and emerging MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
• Manage the global SOC team responsible for 24x7 alerting, triage, investigation, and Incident Response. Monitor and improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Track SOC Maturity and partner with CISO to establish a roadmap for growing SOC capabilities and automation.
• Manage the Cyber Threat Intelligence program.
• Oversee forensics, litigation support, and e-discovery capabilities in support of requests from Legal.
• Lead the team responsible for identity lifecycle functions, identifying and implementing best practices to automate repetitive processes.
• Oversee IAM architecture design, deployment, and delivery of capabilities to achieve target levels of cyber maturity and efficiency, working with vendors, partners, and other 3rd parties.
• Ensure compliance with required regulations and frameworks across all divisions and markets, driving timely remediation of any IAM deficiencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, engineering, business management, operations management, or related field or discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity with 3+ years in a management role.
• Solid understanding of IAM principles, design, and engineering, including Single sign-on (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Working knowledge of multiple IAM systems (traditional and cloud).
• Experience implementing Zero Trust capabilities in complex operating environments.
• Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, GCIH, GSEC, etc).
• Experience with modern cloud detection and response tools and processes.
• Operational Technology (OT) experience.

Avient Corporation believes that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer-centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, meet our customer needs, and accomplish your career goals.