Position Summary

The Cyber Incident Response Senior Manager will play a key role in building and leading the Security Operations Center (SOC) in North America. This role is responsible for managing day-to-day incident response operations coordinating investigations and driving continuous improvements to detection and response capabilities. The Senior Manager will collaborate with global cyber defense teams to ensure timely containment investigation and remediation of security incidents. This position requires strong technical expertise in incident response SOC operations and security tooling combined with leadership skills to grow and develop a high-performing team in TX.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the SOC team in TX including hiring training mentoring and performance management of analysts and responders.

• Oversee daily incident detection analysis containment eradication and recovery efforts.

• Serve as the escalation point for high-priority or complex cyber incidents ensuring timely response and communication to global stakeholders.

• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks runbooks and standard operating procedures.

• Partner with global SOC teams to align processes technology and reporting standards.

• Collaborate with threat intelligence vulnerability management forensics and insider threat teams to drive a unified defense strategy.

• Manage relationships with key stakeholders in IT Legal Compliance and Corporate Security during incident investigations.

• Provide executive-level reporting and updates on incident trends SOC performance metrics and operational risks.

• Ensure incident response activities comply with global regulatory and organizational requirements.

• Drive continuous improvement of detection rules automation and response workflows in the SOC.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Information Technology or a related discipline required; Masters degree preferred.

• Strong knowledge of incident response methodology SOC operations and security frameworks (e.g. NIST MITRE ATT&CK).

• Familiarity with global privacy and compliance requirements relevant to incident handling.

Preferred Certifications

• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

• GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)

• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)

• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Work Experience

• 810 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with at least 5 years focused on SOC operations or incident response.

• Minimum of 3 years in a people management role leading incident response or SOC analyst teams.

• Hands-on experience with SIEM EDR SOAR and forensic tools (e.g. Splunk CrowdStrike Microsoft Defender etc)

• Proven experience responding to advanced threats ransomware phishing campaigns and insider incidents.

• Demonstrated success in building or scaling SOC teams in a global enterprise environment.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to brief technical and non-technical stakeholders during incidents.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members ability to live with purpose every addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law.

The companys continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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