SOC Manager
Remote$205k - $215kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to threats in cloud-native environments; architecting and governing modern SOC functions; leading incident response and post-mortems; mentoring teams and embedding security controls across platform architecture.
Responsibilities
- Architect the SOC strategy and roadmap, defining threat intelligence operations, detection frameworks, and defensive maturity metrics.
- Build and tune detection logic across cloud stacks, identity layers, and endpoints, rejecting noise to accelerate incident response velocity.
- Own incident command, leading containment and recovery operations while driving engineering change through rigorous post-mortems.
- Govern the defensive stack—SIEM, EDR, and automated playbooks—ensuring engineering delivers lean, high-fidelity operations at scale.
- Establish proactive threat hunting programs, synthesizing external intelligence to intercept emerging threats before they reach mission-critical systems.
- Synchronize security controls with engineering and product squads, embedding rigorous automated defenses into platform architecture.
- Mentor and scale a high-performing security operations squad, anchoring a culture built on accountability and technical craft.
- Optimize vendor and MDR relationships, ensuring third-party partnerships deliver the technical execution the mission demands.
Qualifications
- 8+ years in cyber operations, incident response, and threat intelligence with minimum 3 years leading high-agency security operations teams.
- Deep technical mastery building modern SOC functions: SIEM architecture, EDR stack deployment, high-fidelity incident response frameworks.
- Fluency in cloud-native environments: AWS, Kubernetes security, containerized workload defense, logging pipeline engineering.
- Track record engineering detection logic and automated playbooks that scale defensive operations and reduce alert noise.
- Ability to mentor technical talent and lead complex security initiatives through ambiguity in high-growth startup environments.
- Clear communication translating technical blast radius and complex risk into unsentimental recommendations for leadership.
- Expertise navigating FedRAMP, DoD SRG, and CMMC compliance in regulated government and defense environments.
- Hands-on scripting and automation engineering: Python, Terraform, SOAR playbooks for detection and response tooling development.
Skills
Required:SOC strategy and roadmapDetection logic and playbooksIncident response leadershipSIEM/EDR governanceThreat huntingCloud-native securityMentoring and leadershipCompliance (FedRAMP/DoD CMMC)Scripting/automation
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
- Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
- Equity incentive plan
- New hire technology and home office stipend
- Annual professional development stipend
- Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
- Generous parental leave
- Flexible remote work opportunities
- Employee referral bonus program
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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