Project Manager – Security Operations Center (SOC)

Paladion; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Paladion in Mumbai seeks a SOC Manager to lead the Security Operations Centre, monitor incidents, and drive rapid response. You will coordinate with teams, vendors, and stakeholders to strengthen security posture while ensuring SLAs and processes are followed.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of experience, BE/B.Tech in IT or CS, and professional security certifications such as CEH plus CISSP/PMP/GCIH/GSEC. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• BE/ B.Tech in IT or Computer Science with professional certification in information security.
• CEH and at least one additional security domain certification required.
• Strong leadership and security operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Security Operations Centre operations and incident response.
• Ensure SLA compliance, process adherence, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee security device management and SIEM operations (ArcSight).
• Coordinate with stakeholders and vendors to strengthen SOC effectiveness.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and metrics for senior management.

Skills

Incident management

SIEM ArcSight

Cyber threats

Threat management

OS knowledge

Applications security

Reports dashboards

Leadership

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

MS Excel

Education

BE/ B.Tech in IT or CS

CEH

CISSP

PMP

GCIH

GSEC

Job description

JD — SOC Manager

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| Designation / Level | Manager | Team |

ITRC

| No of Position Open | 1 | Location | Mumbai |

Role Holder Requirements:

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| Educational Qualifications Must have: BE-IT / B Tech /Comps CEH Additionally one more certification in information security domain. CISSP PMP GCIH GSEC |

| Experience Min 8-10 years

Key Responsibilities:

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Roles & Responsibilities

• – Lead and Manage Security Operations Centre – Primarily responsible for security event monitoring, management and response – Ensure incident identification, assessment, quantification, reporting, communication, mitigation and monitoring – Ensure compliance to SLA, process adherence and process improvisation to achieve operational objectives – Revise and develop processes to strengthen the current Security Operations framework, Review policies and highlight the challenges in managing SLAs.
• – Responsible for team & vendor management, overall use of resources and initiation of corrective action where required for Security Operations Centre.
• – Management, administration & maintenance of security devices under the purview of ITRC which consists of state-of-the art technologies.
• – Perform threat management, threat modeling, identify threat vectors and develop use cases for security monitoring – Responsible for integration of standard and non-standard logs in SIEM – Creation of reports, dashboards, metrics for SOC operations and presentation to Sr. Mgmt.
• – Co-ordination with stakeholders, build and maintain positive working relationships with them

Required Skills

• – Proficient in Incident Management and Response
• – Experience in security device management and SIEM (ArcSight)
• – In-depth knowledge of security concepts such as cyber-attacks and techniques, threat vectors, risk management, incident management etc.
• – Experience in threat management,
• – Knowledge of various operating system flavors including but not limited to Windows, Linux, Unix
• – Knowledge of applications, databases, middleware to address security threats against the same.
• – Proficient in preparation of reports, dashboards and documentation
• – Excellent communication and leadership skills
• – Experience in performing vendor management
• – Ability to handle high pressure situations with key stakeholders
• – Good Analytical skills, Problem solving and Interpersonal skills
• – Working knowledge and experience with MS office with proficiency in Excel.