Security Operations Vice President

Working in cybersecurity takes passion for technology, speed, a desire to learn, and vigilance in order to keep every asset safe. You'll be on the front lines of innovation, working with a highly motivated team focused on analyzing, designing, developing and delivering solutions built to stop adversaries and strengthen our operations. Your research and work will ensure stability, capacity and resiliency of our products.

As a member of the Attack Analysis team, you will fit into a Global team providing 24/7 monitoring and Incident Response, acting as the frontline defense for attacks against the firm's infrastructure. As a SOC Manager, you will serve as the direct manager of a team of SOC analysts. You'll help guide them through their alert triage and case analysis function as well as provide feedback on a continuous basis. You'll also work with them on coaching and career development to help them towards their own goals. In addition, you'll be responsible for keeping track of alert and case metrics to ensure the team is meeting overall alert and case goals as well as identifying opportunities to improve and tune alerts. In an incident response scenario, the SOC Manager is responsible for assigning, coordinating and documenting the outcome of specific analysis workstreams and preparing communications to senior management.

Qualifications

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, both technical and non-technical:

• Technical Skills: Experience with Cybersecurity Incident Response processes in an enterprise environment. Good level of knowledge in network fundamentals, for example; OSI Stack, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), SMTP. Good level of understanding in the approach threat actors take to attacking a network; phishing, port scanning, web application attacks, DDoS, lateral movement. Experience or demonstrable knowledge in log and PCAP analysis. Knowledge in Windows and/or Linux operating systems, how to investigate them for signs of compromise. Foundational understanding of file analysis; extracting indicators, providing a report, implementing mitigations. Basic understanding for Cloud architecture and how an attacker can utilize these platforms. Ability to demonstrate the right approach to investigating alerts and/or indicators and document your findings in a manner that both peer and executive level colleagues can understand. Appreciation of the wider roles of interconnecting Cyber Security teams and collaboration with each of those (i.e. Forensics / Threat Intelligence / Penetration Testing / Vulnerability Management / Purple Teaming etc).
• Management, Communication and Process Skills: Experience with communicating technical topics both in writing and verbally to senior management from a technical or non-technical background. Experience with delivering constructive feedback to a team on a continuous basis. Knowledge of metrics and data analysis for the purpose of identifying process improvements.

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 3 years in managerial roles, with proven leadership and the ability to engage effectively with senior executives.
• Some exposure to global or multinational environments is a plus; comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures.
• Working familiarity with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and basic security considerations; able to collaborate effectively with cloud and security teams.
• Preferred security certifications (e.g., GIAC, CISSP, CEH); a demonstrated commitment to continuous learning is appreciated.