Offer strategic guidance, vision, leadership, and oversight to advance the operational security functions of the organization, such as incident response, threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, insider threat management, fraud prevention, and forensics. Ensure comprehensive enterprise-wide log monitoring to enable proactive detection and response actions. Maintain safeguards across the organization by reducing risk, limiting business disruption, and enhancing resilience to continually evolving cyber and insider threats. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we've grown into what today is the nation's largest grocer with nearly 2, 800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America's grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!

What you'll receive from us:

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21, 000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

For more information about benefits and eligibility, please visit our Benefits Page ! Minimum

• 8 years successful experience as an administrative manager of large technology interdisciplinary teams and complex multi-stakeholder projects within an Infrastructure environment
• 5 years' experience in delivering innovative results in previous roles and have strong knowledge of industry trends and industry competition related to security organizations
• Proven experience with threat intelligence, SIEM architecture, forensics and security and network engineering.
• Demonstrated capability to build, mentor, and maintain an inclusive team-based environment
• Effective influencing and negotiating skills when working with all levels of the organization and external vendors
• Proven experience leading positive changes, empowering people, cultivating product technology visions and innovative solutions while fostering effective architecture/technology and operational practices culture
• Excellent communication skills include the ability to produce strategic documents, present ideas and solutions to non-technical audience and listen effectively to understand user needs
• Must have expertise and experience in business case development, product scoping, and project planning with development teams

Desired

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering, IT, or related discipline

• Direct the development and execution of proactive and reactive security operations.
• Advance detection, automation, and response capabilities across SIEM, SOAR, and related tooling.
• Ensure visibility across security tools, logs, and data sources to enable accurate threat detection.
• Establish and maintain operational metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement practices.
• Partner with CISO, IT and business stakeholders to define metrics and reporting strategies that effectively communicate progress of the security program
  Collaborate with senior leadership and business stakeholders to ensure clear alignment and strategic actions are met.
• Drive automation and operational efficiency while ensuring processes remain resilient and adaptable.
• Oversee high-impact investigations and incident response efforts.
• Build, retain, and grow high-performing teams in a competitive cybersecurity talent market.
• Cultivate a high-performing, inclusive, and innovative culture with strong focus on accountability and continuous improvement.
• Supervise and coach direct reports on the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback on direct reports.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.