Manager, Security Research
Guides and supervises team on conducting in-depth security assessments and vulnerability research. Guides and mentors team to evaluate complex systems for security, addressing a broad range of strategic security concerns in infrastructure and software engineering designs. Guides and reviews directives and guidance to prevent these issues from emerging in the future. Supports team on developing automated security tools and overseeing the utilization of the latest technologies (e.g., AI) to enhance the tools, including proof-of-concept binary (i.e., executable) analysis tools for engineering teams to identify security-related weaknesses. Leads and guides team in application security and its relationship to security research and application security tools. Guides and supervises team members to stay up-to-date with tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) of attackers, mimic them in technical security risk assessments, and quickly react to new threat scenarios to provide continuous security assurance. Reviews and ensures the continuity of up-to-date technical knowledge of emerging and new technologies.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Security Assessment and Research:
– Guides and supervises team on conducting in-depth security assessments and vulnerability research of both on-premises and cloud-based computer systems, including reverse engineering of these systems (e.g., network protocol analysis, static and dynamic analysis).
– Ensures team determines security model, identifies vulnerabilities, creates exploits, and documents them.
– Reviews and aligns threat assessment reports detailing the findings of assessments and research and presents the results to senior management.
System Evaluation:
– Guides and mentors team to evaluate complex systems for security, addressing a broad range of strategic security concerns in infrastructure and software engineering designs.
– Coordinates and supervises the design and development of proof-of-concept tools at the intersection of application security.
– Provides recommendations to other teams when requested in the development and design of secure products and supervises recommendations of team.
Enablement:
– Guides and reviews directives and guidance to prevent these issues from emerging in the future.
– Supports team on developing automated security tools and overseeing the utilization of the latest technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence [AI]) to enhance the tools, including proof-of-concept binary (i.e., executable) analysis tools for engineering teams to identify security-related weaknesses.
– Supervises team in developing systems and tools to identify security vulnerabilities and concerns at scale.
Security Thought Leadership:
– Leads and guides team in application security and its relationship to security research and application security tools.
– Mentors team in collaboration with engineering teams to help them triage and fix identified security issues.
– Spreads knowledge of best practices and new techniques.
– Develops reputation of team members as leading experts (e.g., writing papers, presenting at conferences).
Security Expertise:
– Guides and supervises team members to stay up-to-date with tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) of attackers, mimic them in technical security risk assessments, and quickly react to new threat scenarios to provide continuous security assurance.
– Provides insight into whether latest attack patterns are relevant to Oracle products and potential mitigations.
– Reviews and ensures the continuity of up-to-date technical knowledge of emerging and new technologies (e.g., AI).
– Mentors and manages junior members of the team in software security as a role model.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
– Creates and owns the execution plan for the team's work and multiple projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines and budgets when applicable to ensure projects are completed on time and in adherence with requirements.
– Delegates work across the team and helps them prioritize their work.
– Identifies resource needs and adapts plans based on changing priorities and business needs.
Collaboration & Partnership:
– Strengthens collaborative partnerships across teams to align expectations and shared objectives.
– Guides team members to build relationships with business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure effective collaboration.
– Practices active listening and asks insightful questions to promote an inclusive culture.
Problem Solving:
– Leads team to identify and address moderately complex operational and/or technical issues in accordance with standard practices, providing guidance as appropriate.
– Directs team to analyze data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot moderately complex errors.
Continuous Learning:
– Actively seeks learning opportunities for self and team to enhance knowledge and skills in key areas and remain current with industry advancements.
– Uses feedback and training to elevate personal and team skills, modeling a commitment to learning.
– Identifies skill gaps within the team and supports team members in learning opportunities by providing resources and fostering an environment that encourages knowledge-sharing.
Continuous Improvement:
– Identifies and recommends improvements as well as encourages team to share ideas to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team.
– Reviews and provides feedback on team member's ideas and seeks input from others on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.
Performance and Development:
– Coaches and provides direction to team members in alignment with performance management processes, guidelines, and expectations.
– Facilitates goal setting discussions with team members, ensuring individual goals are aligned with broader team goals.
– Identifies development opportunities to help team members improve performance.
– Contributes to the talent acquisition pipeline by leading candidate interviews, assessing promotion eligibility, and managing talent resources.
Qualifications
Disclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.
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