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Cyber Defense Unit Manager

Burlington, MA, USAFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead global cyber defense operations including threat detection, incident response, and proactive defense to protect business workloads.

Role type

Senior IC Cyber Defense Unit Manager

Builds

Global security operations center (SOC), threat intelligence capabilities, and automated detection/response workflows

Domain

Cybersecurity / Threat Intelligence / Incident Response

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Cybersecurity operations leadership, incident response management, threat hunting, detection engineering, SIEM/EDR/XDR/SOAR, cloud security (AWS/Azure), digital forensics, budget management, vendor management, automation/scripting

Preferred skills

CISSP, CISM, GIAC, OSCP certifications, AI/ML in security operations

Technologies

SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, MITRE ATT&CK, Python, AWS, Azure

Responsibilities

Lead strategy and roadmap for cyber defense; manage global team of analysts and responders; oversee 24x7 monitoring and alert triage; own detection engineering lifecycle; lead major incident response and post-incident reviews; build threat intelligence capability; optimize cyber defense technologies and automation; report metrics to executive leadership

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership