• Develops operating plans and workable business processes for own department in alignment with function strategy.
• Manages larger business processes and/or projects, setting priorities and measurable objectives, monitoring and reporting on the process, progress and results. Typically influences work of cross-functional or extended teams.
• Responds to, solves, and makes decisions on business requests that have broader department impact and/or moderate risk. Presents alternative solutions to business issues by leveraging the broader organization.
• Works to enhance the organization’s capabilities through effective staffing and development of others by:
• anticipating staffing requirements by comparing business needs with strengths and weaknesses of existing staff.
• using appropriate MVW interviewing tools to hire the best managers available from inside or outside.
• setting and maintaining high standards for team and individual performance.
• providing timely coaching and feedback.
• making and rewarding distinctions in performance.
• Assists more senior associates in achieving business results by:
• acting in a consultative fashion to implement programs impacting the broader organization.
• assisting in the development and communication of broader organizational goals.
• achieving results against budget within scope of responsibility.
• taking calculated risks to move the department or team forward.
• developing and using systems to organize and keep track of information.
• balancing the interests of own group with the interests of the organization.
• working with others to identify and remove barriers to success.
• Readily critiques own behavior to acknowledge mistakes and improve future leadership performance and acts independently to improve and increase skills and knowledge.
• Performs other duties as appropriate.
• Participate on significant application development projects to design secure architectures and ensure developed systems align with MVW security strategy and policy.
• Maintain security architecture documentation, including architecture frameworks, design patterns, logical and physical diagrams, and standards.
• Ensure security tools and processes are fully integrated with digital and service delivery platforms.
• Work collaboratively with application project teams to identify, define, develop, and implement techniques to improve security posture and minimize security risk.
• Integrate with cloud teams to ensure cloud configurations are secure and meet minimum security standards.
• Work closely with application teams utilizing cloud services to implement their applications in a secure manner, sign off on designs and validate configuration settings.
• Provide recommendations to cloud teams to remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments.
• Stay current on modern application platforms and security concepts such as cloud, micro-service architectures, and zero trust.
• Enhance Security team capabilities by mentoring more junior team members.

Required Qualifications

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• Typically a senior position requiring significant knowledge and experience in one or more disciplines as well as associate and/or organizational management experience.

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• College degree or equivalent work experience required.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline or equivalent work experience.

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• Ten years of progressive experience in Information Technology discipline.

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• Ten years of experience in information security.

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• Four years of experience in a security engineering or architecture role.

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• Experience implementing and utilizing cloud security compliance tools.

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• Hands-on experience with modern DevOps and DevSecOps processes.

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Preferred Qualifications

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• Master’s degree in information security or related discipline preferred.

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• Certification in cloud security is a plus (e.g. Azure Security Engineer Associate, AWS Cloud Security Architect).

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• Experience supporting large-scale digital platforms preferred.

Relocation Assistance Available

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Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.