Job description

JOB SUMMARY

This position is based on‑site and requires four days per week in the Brea office to support collaboration and business needs.

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Security Operations and Engineering Lead to drive enterprise cybersecurity operations, detection engineering, incident response, and security platform capabilities.

This leader owns the SOC, incident response program, detection lifecycle, and security tooling ecosystem, and is responsible for building scalable, threat-informed, and measurable security operations.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Security Operations Leadership

Lead enterprise security operations including monitoring, triage, investigation, escalation, and response
Oversee SOC and MSSP/MDR partnerships including SLAs, alert quality, escalation paths, and performance metrics
Establish 24x7 monitoring aligned to enterprise risk
Define KPIs/KRIs including MTTD, MTTR, alert fidelity, detection coverage, and response effectiveness

Security Engineering & Platform Management

Lead lifecycle management of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, CSPM, DLP, identity security, and cloud security platforms
Drive automation across triage, enrichment, containment, and reporting workflows
Define enterprise logging and telemetry strategy including onboarding, parsing, normalization, retention, and coverage standards
Ensure tools are integrated, cost-effective, and aligned to risk priorities

Incident Response & Threat Management

Own incident response program including playbooks, exercises, breach workflows, and communications
Lead major incidents through containment, eradication, recovery, and root cause analysis
Ensure post-incident reviews drive durable control improvements
Coordinate with Legal, Privacy, HR, IT, and Communications

Detection Engineering & Monitoring

Build detection engineering lifecycle: hypothesis → development → testing → tuning → deployment → validation → retirement
Develop behavior-based and threat-informed detections aligned to MITRE ATT&CK
Expand monitoring across endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS, network, and critical applications
Identify and close detection gaps via red team, pentest, and vulnerability insights

Exposure & Control Operations

Support exposure management, asset inventory visibility, and attack surface monitoring
Drive continuous control monitoring and validation of key security controls
Improve vulnerability remediation workflows and risk reduction outcomes

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Build and lead high-performing security operations and engineering teams
Establish clear roles, operating model, and accountability
Provide executive reporting on threats, incidents, control gaps, and maturity
Partner with GRC, Audit, IT, Architecture, and business leadership

Job requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or a related fields OR equivalent industry experience, military service, professional certifications, and demonstrated leadership experience are valued equally.
7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, detection engineering, incident response, or security engineering.
5+ years leading security operations, engineering, SOC, or incident response teams.
Experience operating security capabilities across cloud, SaaS, endpoint, identity, and enterprise environments.
Experience managing MSSP, MDR, SOC-as-a-Service, or strategic security service providers.
Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, Chronicle, etc.)
Experience in Azure, AWS, or GCP environments.
Understanding of Zero Trust security principles and modern detection strategies.
Ability to communicate technical risks to executive leadership and business stakeholders.
Experience coordinating investigations across security, IT, legal, privacy, HR, and executive stakeholders.

PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

10+ years of cybersecurity experience.
Experience building or transforming a SOC program.
Experience supporting a global or multi-business-unit environment.
Experience leading incident response for major cybersecurity events.
One or more of the following certifications: CISSP; CISM; CCSP; GIAC certifications (GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GMON); Microsoft Security certifications; Splunk certifications; Microsoft Sentinel certifications; CrowdStrike certifications; AWS/Azure/GCP security certifications.

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Operating Company:

Corporate

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