About Us:

Have you ever had the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people in a meaningful way and help them enjoy time away with their friends and families building memories? 

That is what we do here at HomeAway.com, an Expedia Inc. company. We are the leading vacation rental website in the world with more than one million online bookable vacation rentals. Our mission is to make every vacation rental in the world available to every traveler in the world through our online marketplace and we're committed to helping families and friends find the perfect vacation rental to create unforgettable travel experiences together. 

The Opportunity:

HomeAway is looking for a talented and highly motivated IT infrastructure Security and Operations Manager to join the Global IT Security Team. This position will provide support to ensure that our security infrastructure is operating to the highest security standards. The right candidate is expected to be well-organized, team driven and a dynamic multi-tasker, including managing a small Team and leading the way for expanding our bleeding edge SOC. This role requires maintaining and improving ongoing systems and staying abreast of the latest trends, tools and products in infrastructure security. This position requires extensive experience in operationalizing new security technologies, alerting, escalations and day to day security operations. The right candidate will have a proven track record of planning, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of security technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing an IT Security Operations Team, including contractors.
• Responsible for establishing security operations framework for various security technologies.
• Develop operational processes around: incident response, alerting, & escalations.
• Responsible for developing & deploying new security technologies.
• Responsible for developing advanced metrics, scorecards, and Splunk dashboards.
• Participate in project teams providing security requirements where needed. 
• Work on process improvements including: development of new tools, automation, and integration.
• Responsible for interconnecting various security event sources: server logs, network, various security devices, threat feeds, antivirus, malware, vulnerability scanners, net flow, etc.
• Responsible for designing and operationalizing all aspects of our security infrastructure.
• Responsible for rolling up your sleeves and getting stuff done. This is a hands-on position.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience with leading tactical teams.
• Strong Ruby, Python or other scripting language.
• Strong understanding of network security, operating systems, web application security, incident response, security engineering, authentication, authorization, security protocols, and cryptography.
• Strong understanding of security event types, structured and unstructured data.
• Strong Splunk skills, creating dashboards, advanced query experience.
• Strong understanding of DevOps tooling and other monitoring platforms. 
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• Knowledge of network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)
• Must be an effective communicator and a team player who works well with team members, other IT teams, business partners, and various vendors.
• Creative, problem-solving approach to projects.
• Strong analytical capabilities and have a desire to learn new things.
• Experience working with complex, sophisticated environments.
• Resourceful and well organized.
• Willingness to provide feedback in challenging situations.

Experience:

Three years of experience working in a security operations role. Certifications like CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, GCIH, GCIA, etc. A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent work experience. 

Benefits:

• Competitive health and insurance benefits
• Competitive salary
• Annual target bonus or commission
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Free snacks and beverages
• Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
• Free listing on HomeAway.com
• Electric, adjustable stand-up desk
• Discounted Metro & Rail pass
• Casual dress code