Benesch is hiring a
Security Manager

Summary

Join Benesch, a growing planning, engineering, and professional services firm, as a Security Manager. This role plays a pivotal part in helping the MIS team members. The position can be at any of our local offices around the country or fully remote.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related field or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 8 years of IT and business/industry work experience, with at least 3 years of leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders
• Experience in senior level management in IT information security, including responsibility for departmental decisions and management, providing strategic direction, mentoring more junior staff, and successful departmental performance to expected results
• Experience in design and engineering firms a plus
• Experience with SentinelOne and USM Anywhere a plus

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the assessment and improvements of our enterprise information security strategy and best practices in support of the enterprise’s information security architecture
• Collaborates with key business and IT leaders to develop security and business continuance standards and action plans
• Directs all security audits and tasks to ensure that the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information to end-users, is not compromised
• Ensures that IT complies with existing laws and regulations and that the enterprise’s IT environment is secure
• Responsible for ensuring that tools or technologies are implemented to reduce the risk of “denial of service” attacks against systems
• Acts as an advocate for information security and business continuance best practices
• Consults with senior IT and business leaders regarding their information security risks and responsibility in minimizing those risks
• Maintains reliable, up-to-date, information from the government and across the industry regarding identification of new threats and vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with internal divisions to understand application usage and improve our security posture
• Review and participate in negotiations on client cyber contract requirements and ensure Benesch compliance with agreements
• Manage cyber insurance compliance requirements including yearly penetration testing, incident response tabletops, and phishing tests
• Maintain and update incident response plan
• Manage internal security staff
• Coordinate and manage security vendors and MTDR
• Guide the company to compliance with a chosen cybersecurity protocol

Benefits

• Access to valuable retirement planning tools, education, and individual meetings with plan advisors at no charge
• Potential for Benesch to contribute up to 9% of your gross compensation to your retirement plan (5% profit-sharing contribution to your 401(k) plan, regardless of your own contributions & 80% match on your contributions, up to a maximum company contribution of 4%)
• Flexible work schedules and hours, including work-from-home options (dependent on the role)
• Generous Paid Time Benefits (PTB) that increase with your career
• Immediate use of annual PTB; no accrual needed with the ability to bundle time-off plans for extended vacations or life events
• Ten days of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement