Manager / Senior Manager, SecOps & Cyber Defense

You will lead and mentor SOC analysts and incident response engineers across time zones while serving as the escalation point for high-severity incidents. You will manage incident response from detection through post-mortem reporting, build and tune detections, conduct forensics and threat hunting, and automate response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor SOC analysts and incident response engineers
• Serve as the primary escalation point for high-severity security incidents
• Manage global operational shifts and continuous security coverage
• Define and track SOC operational metrics
• Partner with Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, DevOps, Corporate IT, Legal, and Compliance during investigations
• Drive end-to-end response for major security incidents
• Design, write, and tune detection rules across SIEM, EDR, and cloud-native logs
• Perform digital forensics and reverse-engineer suspicious scripts and payloads
• Research emerging threat actor tactics, zero-days, and cloud vulnerabilities
• Lead and participate in Red and Purple team operations and tabletop exercises
• Hunt for undetected threat actor behavior
• Build and refine automated response playbooks using Python, API integrations, and SOAR tools

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, threat detection, and security incident response
• 2+ years of people management or formal team leadership experience
• Expertise investigating cloud-native threats, container environments, and SaaS infrastructure
• Proficiency with SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR suites, log aggregators, and SOAR tools
• Scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go
• Knowledge of network protocols, cloud architecture, identity systems, and digital forensics

Benefits

• Discretionary annual target bonus
• Performance incentives