Senior Manager, Cyber Incident Response
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Carrollton • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
Cyber SecuritySplunk
About the role
- 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
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related discipline required; Master’s 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
- 8–10 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
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to brief technical and non-technical stakeholders during incidents.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Professional development resources
- Backup dependent care
- Adoption assistance
- Infertility coverage
- Family building support
- Behavioral health solutions
- Paid parental leave
- Paid caregiver leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
incident response methodologySOC operationssecurity frameworkscybersecuritydetection rulesautomationresponse workflowsthreat intelligencevulnerability managementforensics
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationperformance managementrelationship managementreportingproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcontinuous improvement