Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

Join our Security Operations Center as a Cybersecurity Lead Engineer , where you'll be the technical expert driving our incident response efforts from escalation to resolution. This role reports directly to the Manager, Security Operations Center. You'll take proactive actions based on exposure, provide strategic recommendations to leadership, and continuously enhance our standard operating procedures and security tools.

Ideal candidates will showcase a strong blend of business acumen, technological expertise, and security proficiency. This is a unique opportunity to safeguard national critical infrastructure while working for a leading telecommunications company.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Oversee and manage daily SOC operations, ensuring priorities and quality objectives are consistently met.
• Lead incident triage and response efforts, reviewing and addressing escalated security events from Tier I / II analysts.
• Direct technical activities across all phases of the incident response process : detection, assessment, containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Conduct forensic analysis on compromised systems and coordinate with third-party resources as needed.
• Perform in-depth incident analysis by correlating data from multiple sources to identify root causes and impacts.
• Document and communicate findings, producing comprehensive after-action reports for the security team.
• Develop and execute threat hunting strategies across the organization to proactively identify and mitigate threats.
• Recommend and implement improvements to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of threat intelligence, incident response, and scalability.
• Lead technical incident response efforts, ensuring clear and active communication among stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize enterprise monitoring platform configurations for effective threat detection and response, aligning with security policies and organizational goals.
• Drive continuous evaluation and integration of monitoring platform configurations to enhance SOC capabilities and support efficient operations.
• Partner with Security Engineering teams to enhance features and capabilities within existing security tools.
• Execute projects under the guidance of Cyber Defense Leadership.
• Train and mentor junior analysts, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Develop, implement, and mature SOC policies and procedures to ensure robust security operations.
• Stay informed on emerging threats and technologies, continuously adapting SOC strategies to address evolving security challenges.
• Perform additional tasks and duties as directed by the CSOC Manager.

Minimum Requirements :

Preferred :

USD 119,600.00 - 199,400.00 per year

Compensation :

Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Benefits :

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.