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Manager, Security Operations

194k – 217kLos Angeles, CARemote5+ YOE
Summary

Lead and manage a security operations team responsible for detection, incident response, and security automation while coaching engineers and managing vendor relationships. Requires 5+ years in security operations and 2+ years of people management experience.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead the team responsible for detecting, investigating, responding to, and learning from security events
  • Manage and coach a team of security engineers while remaining hands-on with detection design, alert tuning, incident response, runbooks, operations, and security automation
  • Manage relationships with security operations vendors
  • Work closely with Security, Engineering, IT, Compliance, Privacy, and external partners to improve protection of patient and provider data

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional experience in security operations, detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, cloud security, or a related security engineering role
  • 2+ years of direct people management experience for security engineers, incident responders, analysts, or a security operations / detection and response team
  • Hands-on proficiency building, tuning, and operating detections in a modern SIEM and managing a SOAR tool (or comparable security operations solutions)
  • Demonstrated expertise leading or materially contributing to incident response, including triage, containment, stakeholder communication, and post-incident improvements
  • Working knowledge of cloud service provider and SaaS security telemetry, identity logs, endpoint security signals, and common attacker behaviors

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience in healthcare or another regulated environment where incident response, privacy, and compliance requirements intersect
  • Experience owning an MDR provider relationship, defining escalation quality expectations, running vendor reviews, and improving vendor-to-internal handoff workflows
  • Experience applying MITRE ATT&CK, threat hunting methods, or detection engineering frameworks to prioritize coverage gaps
  • Proficiency querying and analyzing security data using SQL, Python, or similar tools; familiarity with security data lakes, OCSF, Athena, Trino, Panther, or comparable platforms
  • Experience building or improving security on-call, shared escalation models, incident command, tabletop exercises, or post-incident review practices
  • Relevant security certifications such as OSCP, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, or GSOC

Benefits

  • 100% remote work environment (must be based in United States, currently not hiring in Hawaii)
  • Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
  • 401(k) plan access
  • Generous time-off policies including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Quarterly department stipend
  • Home office stipend & $50 monthly stipend for internet or cell phone expenses
  • $50/month wellness stipend
Skills
SIEMSOARIncident ResponseDetection EngineeringCloud SecurityThreat HuntingMITRE ATT&CKSQLPythonSecurity Automation
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