Cybersecurity Security Operations Center Manager
Cybersecurity Security Operations Center Manager
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18-05-2025
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Job Description
Description
Responsibilities
Qualifications
The Cybersecurity Security Operations Center (CSOC) Managers core function is to provide leadership and oversee the administration of the CSOC including security engineers and security analysts. The CSOC is responsible for monitoring and alerting on cybersecurity events ensuring the maintenance of the current and future technologies and continually analyzing threat data to find ways to improve the organizations security posture. This position requires both the ability to tactically focus on immediate threats at hand as identified in alerts and intelligence as well as strategically remain focused on Initiatives tasked by senior leadership. Candidates must be highly analytical technically competent and have an ability to provide focus and calm during incident response scenarios. The ability to lead groups or move forward initiatives is essential. In addition the ability to plan for future team needs requires staying informed of current events in technology platforms and the Cybersecurity industry.
Responsibilities
Operational Management
- Manage team employees reporting directly to you. Responsibilities include preparing midyear and annual staff evaluations and addressing both opportunities for growth (such as promotions) or improvement (such as employee performance improvement plans) as performances warrant.
- Manage the oncall rotation and time off for the SOC
- Providing regular training sessions and mentorship opportunities to facilitate knowledgesharing within the team.
- Hiring new staff members or contracting outside services to supplement your teams capabilities when needed.
- Responsible for vendor management existing and future contractual relationships with technology and service providers. This includes working to address support issues contract renewals / discrepancies biweekly meetings Quarterly Business Reviews etc.
- Track tool performance / utilization to measure return on investment and support future evaluation / rationalization needs.
- Responsible for identifying tool / service evaluation opportunities. Working closely with the Security Threat Architect.
- Responsible for daytoday CSOC budget management
- Lead your team and communicate with management during incident response (IR) to ensure timely notification and containment occur. Responsibilities include ensuring communicating documenting IR progress and following through with postmortem reviews.
- Ensure CSOC meets regulatory compliance of both internal and external auditors by adherence to policies and procedures. Ensure version control of SOC alerts as well as least privilege access to logs and investigation data.
- Ensure synchronization and collaboration between the CSOC and Cyber Threat Intelligence team.
- Work with other departments to identify the root causes of security incidents and develop strategies to mitigate these risks.
Strategy & Planning
- Work with employees on Individual Development plans. Interface with management and Human Resources to ensure plans meet business needs and provide measurable advancement steps to employee promotion and realization of career goals.
- Responsible for building and briefing at the monthly Governance Board meetings for existing or future spend as appropriate.
- Responsible for planning and prioritizing annual spend for CSOC in support of Operational Plan Development and advising upper management on budget forecasting.
- Improve incident response times reduce false positives and other extraneous alerts and enhancing threat detection capabilities.
- Work with CSOC and architecture in determining technology and resource requirements.
- Participate in engagement with other service families and departments in addressing CSOC logging and monitoring needs. Engage with same groups in developing Enterprise logging and monitoring strategies and solutions.
- Stay abreast of business and technological developments to properly prepare CSOC future posture.
Acquisition & Deployment
- Work with upper management to understand budget availability to shape CSOC efforts.
- Supervise team and/or perform compliance assessments to include Proof of Value (PoV) or Proof of Concept (PoC) for new program security tools.
- Provide an accurate technical evaluation of the software application system or network documenting the security posture capabilities and vulnerabilities against relevant information assurance policies.
Incidental Functions
- Assist with other projects as required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
- Travel may be required but should not exceed 10% of work time.
- Work outside the standard office 7.5hour workday may be required with oncall availability.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future including conversion to H1B visa.
This position has a hybrid work schedule with three days in the office and the option for working remotely two days.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. TheCompany therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys staff employees and business relationships.
Qualifications
Formal Education & Certification
- Bachelors Degree (or foreign equivalent) or in lieu of a degree at least 12 years in experience in the field of Information Technology or Business (work experience or a combination of education and work experience in the field of Information Technology or Business)
Knowledge & Experience
- 10 years IT experience.
- 8 years IT security experience
- 4 years of leading and managing a team of direct reports
- Minimum 1 year experience with cybersecurity investigations and incident response.
- Minimum 1 years of experience in process analysis and improvement.
- Background in metrics/reporting.
- Experience identifying and implementing solutions to complex business problems.
- Understanding of various operating systems (z/OS Window UNIX Linux AIX etc.) with an emphasis on vulnerability assessment and hardening.
- Ability to analyze reports by reviewing incident or threat frequency severity and duration data.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or working with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)
- Supervisory and/or Management experience preferred.
- Budget management
- Vendor Management
- Understand Log Management process and program
- Certifications: Lean CISSP SANS GIAC or CISM
- Project Management concepts: use of JIRA Planner etc.
- Delivery of Metrics demonstrating proof of value and key performance indicators
- Understanding of CVSS CVE CWE CPE CCE CWE OVAL SCAP and/or other standards.
- Familiar with both IT and OT detect and respond functions
- Familiar with email security tools such as Proofpoint Abnormal Security O365 etc.
- Understanding of Threat Analysis and Threat Intelligence.
- Experience with Security and Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) products such as Sumo Logic Splunk etc.
- Experience with Vulnerability Management products such as Qualys and WIZ.
- Utilize key performance indicators to track analyst workloads as well as the efficiency of detection signatures/rules and associated monitoring technologies.
- Benchmark and implement industry best practices to mitigate potential threats.
- Support the preparation of appropriate reports and communicate status and results.
- Familiarity with SOCCMM
Personal Attributes
- Strong analytical evaluative and problemsolving abilities.
- Strong leadership skills
- Ability to motivate in a teamoriented collaborative environment.
- Ability to set and manage priorities.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to present ideas in businessfriendly and userfriendly language.
- Selfmotivated and directed.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity
- Hybrid onsite and remote work.
- Minimal travel is required.
- Work outside the standard office 7.5hour workday may occasionally be required for on call coverage or overseeing after hours team investigations.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
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