CareerPlan

Cyber Offense, SOC, and IR Lead

San Jose, California, United StatesFull-time$149k–$216k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Lead global Security Operations Center (SOC) and incident response operations, including detection engineering, threat hunting, and response coordination across endpoints, identities, cloud, and networks.

Role type

Senior IC Cybersecurity Operations Lead (SOC/IR)

Builds

Global SOC operating model, detection use cases, response playbooks, and automated workflows for enterprise security.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Enterprise Security Operations

Required skills

SOC leadership, incident response coordination, detection engineering, SIEM/SOAR/EDR management, threat hunting, MITRE ATT&CK alignment, security metrics, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Global SOC transformation, Incident Commander experience, Microsoft Sentinel/Defender XDR, cloud security (Azure/AWS/GCP), purple-team collaboration, managed detection and response management, GenAI-assisted SOC workflows

Technologies

SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, KQL, UEBA, Azure, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Lead daily SOC operations across monitoring, alert triage, investigation, and escalation; Own and mature SOC operating procedures and response playbooks; Build and tune detection use cases aligned to enterprise risks; Lead incident response coordination for security events; Establish SOC performance metrics and reporting; Oversee SOC analyst workflows and quality assurance; Coordinate with managed security service providers and internal teams; Drive continuous improvement through tabletop exercises and threat hunting.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities