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About the role
Security Strategy, Roadmap & Program Leadership
Execute and support ongoing security operations aligned with Sequel’s security priorities and roadmap
Translate security findings, alerts, and audit requirements into actionable remediation plans
Proactively monitor the evolving threat landscape and regulatory environment; assess their impact on Sequel's security posture and bring forward-looking recommendations before they become reactive obligations.
Contribute to investment and business-case discussions by articulating risk-reduction value, projected outcomes, and cost framing in terms leadership can act on.
Partner with IT and Security & Compliance to implement security initiatives and enhancements
Vulnerability & Patch Management
Manage the vulnerability lifecycle, including scanning, triage, prioritization, and remediation tracking
Drive recurring patch cycles in coordination with IT operations; champion timely remediation of high-severity findings and validate that fixes close the underlying vulnerability, not just the ticket.
Track and report on vulnerability metrics, trends, and SLA adherence
Support improvements to tooling, processes, and reporting over time
SIEM Operations, Incident Response & Platform Maturity
Monitor, triage, and investigate alerts across SIEM and Microsoft Defender tools (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Identity).
Lead end-to-end incident response, including containment, investigation, root cause analysis. Communicate status and findings to security leadership.
Own SIEM platform maturity: build and tune detection rules, develop response automation and playbooks, expand log and data-source coverage, and continuously reduce alert noise and analyst fatigue.
Define, track, and present response metrics — MTTD, MTTR, alert volume, false-positive rates — and use trend data to prioritize tuning and platform investment decisions.
Risky User & Risky Device Remediation
Identify, investigate and remediate risky users and devices across Microsoft Entra and Defender tools.
Support Conditional Access and device compliance policies
Partner with IT to address identity risks and improve overall security posture
Security Policy & Data Protection Administration (Microsoft Purview & DLP)
Administer Microsoft 365 security and data protection solutions, including Purview DLP, sensitivity labeling, retention policies, data lifecycle management, and defensible deletion.
Maintain and update security configurations and documentation in response to evolving business and compliance feedback.
Assess current data-protection coverage and recommend policy enhancements aligned to the compliance roadmap.
Security Awareness & Training Program
Support the execution of the security awareness program, including phishing simulations and training campaigns (KnowBe4).
Analyze simulation results, assess the threat landscape, and provide recommendations on training content and simulation difficulty to keep improve training program outcomes.
Audit & Compliance Execution
Support audit readiness activities, including evidence collection and control execution (e.g., SOC 2, HITRUST) in the GRC platform (Vanta).
Maintain documentation and drive remediation of audit findings; partner with the Senior Manager, Security & Compliance to ensure audit readiness is maintained.
Partner with Security & Compliance to ensure controls are operating effectively
Documentation, Metrics & Reporting
Maintain runbooks, standard operating procedures, and security workflow documentation sufficient for audit evidence and operational continuity.
Track and report security and compliance metrics and related platforms; deliver leadership-ready reporting on a regular cadence.
Contribute to board- and executive-level security reporting by providing clear, data-backed summaries of program status, risk posture, and progress against roadmap milestones.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with IT, Legal, and People & Culture to align security practices with business and regulatory needs
Provide security guidance on IT projects, configurations, and change requests