The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Director, Cyber Monitoring

Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field
  • 15+ years in information security or technology risk management
  • 5+ years of program and project management experience
  • Active US government security clearance; Top Secret with SCI eligibility preferred
  • Proven leadership ability in managing cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the Security Operations Center (SOC) ensuring 24/7 monitoring
  • Coordinate responses to security incidents and cyber threats
  • Establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and generate security posture reports for CISO
  • Evaluate and optimize various security monitoring tools and platforms
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations through continuous control monitoring

Benefits

  • Flexible workplace arrangements
  • Employee clubs and workshops focused on health and finance
  • Off-site social events
  • Discounts to local cultural institutions
  • Support for work-life balance programs
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

The Director 1, Cyber Monitoring is part of the CISO Leadership team and accountable for leading the organization’s cyber monitoring and threat detection efforts. Oversees a 24/7 proactive, continuous monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management capability.
The incumbent displays a strategic blend of high-level business acumen and technical expertise to enable efficient and effective, proactive cyber monitoring.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Security Operations Center (SOC) Leadership: management over the SOC/Infosec teams, ensuring 24/7 continuous monitoring, alert triage, and threat hunting. 
  • Incident Response Oversight: Manage and coordinate responses to active security incidents, breaches, and cyber threats.
  • Metric & Threat Reporting: Establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and provide regular reports to the CISO on the company's security posture, via automated dashboards.
  • Tooling & Strategy: Evaluate, implement, and optimize security monitoring tools like SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and threat intelligence platforms.
  • Risk & Compliance Management: Enables continuous control monitoring and compliance with relevant industry regulations.

Skills/Abilities

  • Deep understanding of network security, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and attack surfaces
  • Ability to perform business impact analyses and align security investments with overall company objectives.
  • Deep understanding of frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, or CMMC to maintain regulatory adherence.
  • Designing and leading tabletop exercises, managing purple/red team drills, and directing emergency response strategies
  • Overseeing threat intelligence platforms, SIEM, and EDR tooling to mitigate attack surfaces.
  • Translating complex cyber concepts into actionable language for C-suite executives and the board of directors.
  • Experience managing conflict and developing win-win solutions with others.

Education

  • Requires Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related technology discipline.

Experience

  • 15 + years of experience in the information security, security operations, or technology risk management, including proven leadership experience.
  • 5+ years of program and project management experience, including estimating and forecasting, budget and financial management, staffing / hiring and resource management.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.

Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility is required.

Job Location - City:

Cambridge

Job Location - State:

Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:

The US base salary range for this full-time position is

$150,000.00 - $320,000.00

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, space exploration, health care and energy. The laboratory was founded in 1932 by Charles Stark Draper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop aeronautical instrumentation, and came to be called the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. During this period the laboratory is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit based computer. It was renamed for its founder in 1970, and separated from MIT in 1973 to become an independent, non-profit organization. The expertise of the laboratory staff includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control technologies and systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software systems; modeling and simulation; and microelectromechanical systems and multichip module technology.
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