DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 11 September 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: WHY JOIN WFP?- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
- The position is based in HQ, Rome within the Technology Division (TEC) and reports to Head of Cybersecurity Operations in the Cybersecurity Operations Branch (TECI).
- The information security landscape is rapidly evolving, making cybersecurity a top priority for WFP.



With a global presence and a decentralized decision-making structure, WFP is committed to fostering proactive IT operations to minimize risk exposure, detect and respond to advanced threats, ensure ongoing compliance, and optimize security operations costs.
- THE ROLE
- To partner with the business to understand operating environments in order to be able to carry out activities related to monitoring, analyzing, and responding to cyber threats affecting WFP’s global operations. Additionally, the position drives cyber threat detection and hunting, advanced security analytics, and continuous improvement of detection and response capabilities, leveraging deep expertise in security telemetry, query languages, and cross security platform analysis and correlations. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: - Oversee the daily operations of the Threat Detection and Response team, managing monitoring, investigation, and incident response activities while leading and developing team specialists.
- Monitor and oversee the environment for potential cyber threats and incidents, and in case of response needed, communicate to business counterparts, for a shared understanding of the issues and effective implementation of mitigation and recovery strategies/plans.
- Conduct Tier-3 analysis and assessments of potential cyber incidents and threats, leveraging security telemetry, advanced query techniques,



and correlation analysis to improve detection accuracy.
- Optimize security operations workflows, onboarding, fine-tuning, and automating detection and response capabilities across platforms.
- Coordinate with other cybersecurity teams on intelligence, hunting, and vulnerabilities, to enhance detection strategies, ensuring alignment with emerging attack techniques and evolving threat landscapes.
- Report on cyber incidents, vulnerabilities, and security risks, providing technical insights and recommendations to strengthen defences.
- Test, analyse, onboard and document new solutions, integrations, automations and enrichments that support cybersecurity operations workflows, and capabilities.
- Establish and maintain close partnerships with business counterparts to effectively identify, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents.
- Maintain adherence to WFP’s policies, processes, and frameworks, ensuring consistency, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Perform additional cybersecurity-related duties as required to support WFP’s global mission. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE EDUCATION: First university degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering or other relevant field. EXPERIENCE: - Minimum of 5 years of experience in technology-related roles, with a focus on cybersecurity threat detection & response and management of Microsoft cybersecurity platforms.
- Strong technical skills, and in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on cybersecurity operations areas, particularly security operations monitoring, incident tracking/case management, threat detection & response platforms’ administration, identity & access security, and threat hunting. LANGUAGE: Fluency (level C) in English language. Inter

📌 Threat Detection and Response Lead,Rome, Italy (Roma)
🏢 World Food Programme
📍 Roma