Security Operations Manager
Job Location:
Charlotte, NC - USA
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Job Summary
No Sponsorship will be provided for this role.
Location:On Site at location listed in posting
Weekly Schedule: Monday- Friday 9am-5pm
The Security Operations Manager leads a multi-discipline security team covering application security threat detection vulnerability management red/purple team activities and security automation with a heavy emphasis on detection readiness and real-world risk reduction.
The role is at the intersection of secure development threat detection and operational maturity within a large multi-cloud online banking environment. Large-bank experience is preferred.
What the Manager Owns
- People leadership for a multi-discipline cyber team (6 to 12 direct reports)
- Threat detection
- Penetration testing readiness and follow-through
- Red / blue / purple team integration
- Reducing enterprise attack surface
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
- Manage and develop a team of security professionals across vulnerability management threat detection & threat intelligence red/purple team disciplines and security automation
- Act as the escalation point for high-risk or high-impact cyber issues
Application Security
- Oversee SAST DAST SCA manual testing and penetration testing programs
- Drive shift-left AppSec - IDE scanning CI/CD integration and secure coding practices
- Reduce testing cycles and downstream findings by improving early detection
- Operate tool-agnostic (e.g. Veracode Invicti Burp)
- Ensure AppSec supports modern cloud-native and DevOps environments
- Build trusted relationships with Shadow IT owners and progressively align with security tooling testing and IT security practices.
Threat Detection & Purple Teaming
- Own detection-focused security outcomes not just vulnerability reporting
- Work closely with SOC and IR teams to improve detection signals
- Use pen-test and red-team insights to strengthen blue-team defenses
- Apply purple-team thinking to close gaps between offense and defense
Penetration Testing & Offensive Readiness
- Ensure strong internal and third-party penetration testing coverage
- Validate that findings are meaningful prioritized and remediated
- Use offensive testing to drive real defensive improvements
Vulnerability & Configuration Risk Reduction
- Oversee vulnerability and configuration management programs
- Maintain hardening standards baselines and remediation tracking
- Reduce enterprise attack surface across cloud applications and infrastructure
- Integrate AppSec pen-test and vulnerability data into risk-based prioritization
Environment & Scope
- Multi-cloud environment
- High-availability online banking systems
- Highly regulated financial services setting
- Heavy collaboration with engineering cloud risk and executive leaders
Required Experience
- 10 years in cybersecurity spanning AppSec threat detection incident response and vulnerability management
- 35 years leading multi-disciplinary security teams
- Demonstrated success reducing attack surface and improving detection speed
- Strong understanding of application security; threat detection & response; penetration testing & adversary simulation; and CI/CD and cloud-native environments
- Comfortable presenting to and influencing executives
- Large-bank experience preferred with the adaptability to thrive in a smaller-bank environment
About Us
First Horizon Corporation is a leading regional financial services company dedicated to helping our clients communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. Headquartered in Memphis TN the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in 12 states across the southern U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries offer commercial private banking consumer small business wealth and trust management retail brokerage capital markets fixed income and mortgage banking services. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nations best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top 10 Most Reputable U.S. Bank. More information is available at.
Benefit Highlights
Medical with wellness incentives dental and vision
HSA with company match
Maternity and parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Mentor program
401(k) with 6% match
More -- Us
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
First Horizon offers a variety of financial services nationwide. See how we serve our customers through personal, small business, commercial banking, and more.
