Senior Security Operations Leader - Hybrid (MX)

VulnU; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Pension matching

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Job summary

Delinea's Security Operations organization is seeking a Senior Manager of Security Operations in Mexico City. The role is hybrid, with three days in-office, and requires leading a team of analysts and managing an MSSP relationship to mature monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in security, with 4+ years in leadership, strong communication to technical and executive audiences, and hands-on experience across threat detection, incident

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on security experience across threat detection, incident response, and reporting to technical and executive audiences.
• 4+ years building and leading security operations teams and developing junior talent.
• Experience with vulnerability identification, malware analysis, threat hunting, threat intel, and exploitation techniques.
• Experience detecting attacks against identity infrastructure and privileged access paths (AD, Entra ID, Kerberos, credentials).
• Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python/Go/PowerShell).
• Experience with 24x7 monitoring models and managing an MSSP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the effort to redefine and mature the Security Operations function, shaping monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities.
• Manage and mentor a team of security analysts and define performance expectations.
• Own the analyst coverage model, on-call rotation, escalation paths, and staffing plans.
• Oversee the relationship with Delinea’s MSSP, including SLA and quality oversight.
• Lead the Security Incident Response program from triage to post-incident review and drive content improvements.
• Act as a subject matter expert on security operations best practices and drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, FedRAMP and coordinate with auditors and assessors.
• Define metrics for program effectiveness (detection coverage, MTTD/MTTR, alert quality) and report to executive leadership.

Skills

Security operations leadership

Threat detection

Incident response

Team mentoring

Executive communication

English fluency

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Cybersecurity/Engineering

Tools

SIEM platforms

EDR platforms

SOAR platforms

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

Azure

AWS

Job description

Delinea's Security Operations organization is seeking a Senior Manager of Security Operations in Mexico City. The role is hybrid, with three days in-office, and requires leading a team of analysts and managing an MSSP relationship to mature monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in security, with 4+ years in leadership, strong communication to technical and executive audiences, and hands-on experience across threat detection, incident