Manager - Penetration Testing - McDonald's Corporation

McDonald’s new growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.

Leading this tech revolution is McDonald’s Global Technology organization made up of intrapreneurs who get to build really cool tech with scary smart people using the latest innovations like AI, IOT, and edge computing. We do this working along diverse, global teams who are always hungry for a challenge. It’s bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McD restaurant.

This role will collaborate closely with cybersecurity experts, market leads, project managers, and Global Technology Solutions teams to ensure the reliable and efficient operation of McDonald’s security services. In addition, this role will be responsible for managing and collaborating with the support teams that handle tickets and other operational tasks for McDonald’s security services. This person will work closely with others in Global Technology Risk Management and other areas of Global Technology to ensure that our services are meeting the needs of markets, application teams, and other stakeholders.

Check out the Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology is directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.

The Manager role will be part of the Offensive Security team within Global Cyber Security and will report to the Director of Offensive Security. We are in search of an accomplished leader with a deep understanding of penetration testing and a track record of successfully leading teams and projects in large global enterprises. Managers will be technical people leaders responsible for running multiple sophisticated projects while leading a group of technical resources specializing in penetration testing and red team operations. This role also regularly collaborates with technical and business partners across the globe to ensure our senior leadership makes informed, risk-based decisions. We are looking for someone who is accountable, agile, and inclusive and shows strong discernment. The ideal candidate will have experience working with and leading teams that simulate cyber threats to proactively reduce risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technical resources and seamlessly achieve strategic outcomes while running a dynamic intake of project work.
• Regularly update management and partners on the progress of projects, ensuring timely and effective communication.
• Create technical documents, reports, findings from the analysis, summaries, and other situational awareness information to relevant team members.
• Partner with other teams within McDonald’s to improve threat response and attack surface across people, processes, and technology.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and executive-level professionals to relay relevant testing results and findings.
• Coordinate work and dependencies across multiple cross-functional global teams.
• Manage complex offensive security projects involving multiple teams across security, infrastructure, and development organizations.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience in offensive/defensive cybersecurity roles.
• Understanding the purpose and utilization of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain.
• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills to effectively describe assessment details and technical analysis.
• Advanced ability to lead multiple concurrent workstreams and contending priorities.
• Work within a global/multinational enterprise with flexible schedule accommodations for meetings, engagements, and operations.
• Extended experience with technical writing and demonstrating various creative communication mechanisms to diverse audiences.
• Advanced knowledge of networking and web protocols (e.g., TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, Wi-Fi protocols, routing, HTTP/S, REST/SOAP APIs, etc.).
• Knowledge of Windows/Active Directory/Linux systems administration and attack surface.
• Proficiency with programming and scripting. (Python, Powershell, Go, C, C++, C#, Javascript, etc.).

Desired Skills:

• Master’s degree or equivalent technical experience in offensive/defensive cybersecurity roles.
• Exposure to managing/using enterprise defensive security services such as EDR, SIEM, Email Gateway, and SOAR.
• Expert understanding of exploitation and vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and red team best practices.
• Analyze industry threat trends and regularly remain updated with ongoing adversarial activity to identify tactics, techniques, and procures to emulate and simulate.
• Professional credentials such as OSCP, OSCE, OSEP, OSWE, GWAPT, GPEN, GXPN, GRTP, CRTO, PNPT, or comparable.
• Competency in working with, implementing, and leveraging commercial/open-source offensive security tooling, such as C2, Breach and Attack Simulations (BAS), External Attack Surface Management (EASM), and other related services.
• Exposure to managing/using enterprise defensive security services such as EDR, SIEM, Email Gateway, and SOAR.

McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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