Cybersecurity Director
Company: The Trade Desk
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: October 29, 2024
Job Description:
The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to
create a better, more open internet for everyone through
principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion
queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale.
We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an
award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and
collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives
that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to
fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic
selves to work every day.
Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you
eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team where your
contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a
better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine
consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to
medium-sized workplaces globally.
What we do
The Cybersecurity Department at The Trade Desk strives to protect
the people, process, and technology used to further our goals for
the open internet. With hybrid infrastructure that includes major
public clouds (Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
and on-premise systems in datacenters around the world, we are
dedicated to maintaining robust security protocols to protect our
diverse assets across various regions.
As the Cybersecurity Director you will support the Senior Director,
Cybersecurity in managing the day-to-day operations of The Trade
Desk's Cybersecurity Program and Initiatives, focusing on
operational excellence, driving maturity improvements through a
risk-based approach, and effectively communicating the current risk
picture, threat landscape and state of maturity to both internal
and external stakeholders.
What you'll do:
- Reporting to the Senior Director, Cybersecurity and working
alongside Security Engineering, Security Operations, and Compliance
leaders, this senior-level individual contributor will assist with
the strategic planning, guidance, definition, and design of
enterprise-wide security initiatives. More specifically, you
will:
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of a
comprehensive vision and strategy for enterprise-wide security
initiatives to support the organization effectively and securely in
meeting specific business technology needs.
- Assist Cybersecurity leadership with providing technical
direction for implementing The Trade Desk's Cybersecurity strategy
through the successful implementation of security best-practices,
processes and operations.
- Provide technical leadership and management of security
projects from conception through deployment and handover.
- Assist with the coordination of design reviews to evaluate
security controls and identify opportunities to enhance The Trade
Desk's security posture and alignment with the overall business
strategy.
- Contribute to the selection and evaluation of cybersecurity
tools and data sources to ensure full adoption, availability,
efficacy, and peak operational performance.
- Develop and implement security standards, procedures, and
guidelines that ensure the security, reliability, and availability
of the organization's systems and solutions.
- Assist with the maintenance and enforcement of The Trade Desk's
Cybersecurity policies, standards, baselines, and secure design
documentation.
- Regularly assess the effectiveness of security measures and
identify areas for improvement through regular security audits and
assessments.
- Support the optimization of various security operations to
include threat detection, threat intelligence, threat hunting,
incident handling, and reporting.
- Collaborate with other corporate functions, including
Enterprise Risk Management, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and Privacy
to ensure that The Trade Desk maintains and demonstrates a strong
Cybersecurity posture.
- Communicate efficiently across all levels of management to
articulate vision and direction.
- Participate in the recruitment, training, and development of
security personnel across multiple security disciplines.
- Act as a mentor to all members of the Cybersecurity team, as
required.
Who you are:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering,
Cybersecurity, Information Assurance or related discipline plus
minimum 15+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Information
Security or Information Assurance, with at least 10+ years in
security engineering or operations. 6+ years in a security
leadership role.
- Ideal candidate will be considered a technical expert and a
proven technical leader within Cybersecurity.
- Management and/or leadership focused security certifications
are a plus. (e.g., CISSP, CISM, C-CISO, etc.)
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills,
specifically the ability to communicate within the context of the
intended audience, whether that be senior executives or highly
technical engineering resources.
- A deep understanding of technical security issues, the
implications to The Trade Desk and the ability to communicate them
to management and other business leaders to include emerging
security technologies and the ability to determine their
appropriate use within business applications.
- Hands on technical experience with compliance and regulatory
frameworks (e.g., SOC2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, etc.) and how they
affect architecture designs and reviews.
- Proven track record of successfully designing, implementing,
and managing security systems and solutions for large-scale and
complex organizations.
- Experience leading a distributed Cybersecurity program that
provides 24/7 operational support and excellent service delivery is
a plus.
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