Flowers Bakeries Hiring for Director – Threat Detection & Response at Thomasville, GA  Full Time

Responsible for the operation of the Flowers Foods cyber security incident detection and response function. The Director – Threat Detection and Response is directly responsible for leading security investigations, performing security incident detection and monitoring processes, oversee managed security service providers, and managing directly or indirectly resources to support the function.Position requires the ability to work well with others, harness different skills and experiences, and build a strong sense of team spirit. Position requires the ability to improve operational efficiency, service delivery and information management across all lines of business and technology platforms.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Oversee compliance to policy for all covered Flowers information systems.
* Manage people, third parties, and other human resources required to fully staff and support incident detection and response function.
* Participates and demonstrates expertise in information technology strategy, planning, implementation, and information security program development.
* Manage threat detection processes inclusive of manual and automated security event detection and reporting processes (e-mail, IDS, SIEM)
* Liaise with Information Technology on improvement of IT security technologies.
* Investigate security events to determine if there are security incidents or breaches.
* Maintain and implement corporate information security incident response plans.
* Perform analysis of malware to determine scope and origin of network intrusions.
* Analyze events to determine root cause and areas of improvement.
* Identify, select, and work with IT to implement technologies to support incident management function.
* Practice and comply with all Company policies and procedures (EEO, Safety, Harassment, Sarbanes – Oxley, etc.).
* Perform other duties which are deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, including, but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures.

* Six (6) or more years’ experience in the Information Technology field.
* Two (2) or more years’ working in Information Security focusing on incident response.
* A minimum of four (4) years in a leadership support position requiring interaction with IT Management and internal/external customers.
* In-depth knowledge and experience of the following:

• Budget planning, financial management and resource management.
• Information Security frameworks such as NIST
• Incident Response process and methodology.
• Security Metrics and Security KPI’s.
• Development and implementation of processes and policies.
• Broad knowledge of current and emerging technology directions and strategic application to business needs.
• Strong analytical, data-processing and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in process formulation and improvement.

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology discipline and/or business and/or technical related field. Years of experience in the field may be substituted for the Bachelor’s Degree.
• A minimum of one information security certification: OSCP, CFCE, Security +, CCE, EnCE, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, CISSP is required and/or must be achieved within twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months of assuming position. Certification must be maintained throughout.
• Other technology relevant industry certifications are encouraged.