Manager, IT Security

Manager, IT Security – Family Dollar

In cybersecurity, we help keep our diverse environment—from design and merchandising to supply chain, eCommerce, and enterprise—secure in a dynamic space. The IT Security team is looking for a passionate cybersecurity leader who wants to make an impact across multiple environments. As Security Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of cybersecurity professionals and work closely with other departments to protect the organization’s digital assets, data, and systems from cyber threats and breaches.

This role is critical to the strategic and tactical success of Family Dollar’s cybersecurity program. Under the direction of the Director, Cybersecurity, you will provide strategic and operational direction of our security engineering solutions and cybersecurity tool stack.

• Partner with teams across the organization to influence security-by-design and drive the overall direction of our technical security solutions.
• Accountable for the end‑to‑end life cycle of our security tool portfolio (e.g., firewalls, IDS/IPS, WAF, IAM, DLP, SIEM, proxy, DDoS, anti‑malware, cloud network infrastructure technologies).
• Ensure hardening of our infrastructure (e.g., authentication, MFA, perimeter edge).
• Drive standards and expectations of secure practices across the organization such as data security, defense‑in‑depth, SASE, Zero Trust.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to assess and understand strategic initiatives and ensure IT Security support.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert to provide advisory guidance to other teams.
• Interface and influence leaders at varying levels and roles within the company to drive security ownership.
• Stay up to date with the security landscape to ensure the team provides strong defenses.
• Demonstrate strong decision‑making, problem‑solving, and leadership abilities to manage multiple, often conflicting priorities to successful completion.
• Commit to high standards of ethics and values, regulatory compliance, and business integrity.
• Excellent management skills to drive the personal development of the team and individuals.
• Maintain all security tools and technology.
• In charge of security systems such as firewalls, data protection controls, patching.
• Ensure that project/department milestones/goals are met and aligned with approved budgets.
• Hold full authority for personnel actions.
• Evaluate risks and improve Family Dollar’s security positioning through process improvement, policy, automation, and continuous evolution of capabilities.
• Implement processes to automate and continuously monitor information security controls, exceptions, risks, and testing.
• Develop reporting metrics, dashboards, and evidence artifacts.
• Schedule regular testing of effectiveness and efficiency of controls within area of ownership.
• Remain current on best practices and technological advancements and act as the technical resource for information security.

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity.
• 2+ years as a security leader of a team (e.g., Incident Response, Engineering team).
• 5+ years of experience leveraging and implementing cybersecurity frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3
  
  FEND, OWASP Top 10, CIS Controls, NIST CSF, NIST 800‑53, etc.).
• 10+ years of advanced IT skills with a high level of information security experience and expertise.
• Knowledge of securing network technologies, client, and server operating systems.
• Ability to develop and maintain security baselines based on best practices and industry standards.
• Experience responding to, analyzing, problem‑solving, and communicating information security incidents.
• 6+ years of planning and managing security projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, including formal report writing experience.
• Understanding of common security standards and regulations relating to a retail environment (PCI DSS, NIST CSF, ISO 27000, etc.).
• Team leadership and management. Foster a culture of security awareness and compliance within the organization.
• Ability to work in agile and waterfall frameworks as needed.
• 1‑3 years as a technical leader/supervisor with strong analytical and…