Global SOC Lead for Incident Response & Detection

Altera Corporation; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera seeks a Senior SOC Operations Lead to steer global security operations from Penang, Malaysia. You will own incident response, threat detection, and SOC engineering across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud, and identity security.

You will develop and enforce incident playbooks, manage cross‑time‑zone coordination, and drive continuous improvement through tabletop exercises and metrics reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including significant hands-on experience in security operations, incident response, threat detection, or SOC leadership.
• 3+ years of experience leading SOC analysts, incident response teams, managed security operations, or cross-functional cyber defense workflows.
• Strong working knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud security monitoring, identity security, email security, network security, and incident response processes.
• Demonstrated experience building or improving detection use cases, alert triage workflows, response playbooks, escalation procedures, and SOC metrics.
• Familiarity with frameworks and standards such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-61, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, or equivalent cyber defense frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily SOC operations across monitoring, alert triage, investigation, escalation, incident response coordination, and handoffs.
• Own and mature SOC procedures, including incident intake, severity classification, escalation paths, and post-incident reviews.
• Manage and improve security monitoring across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud, identity, and network security sources.
• Build and tune detection use cases aligned to enterprise risks and MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
• Coordinate with managed security providers and internal teams to ensure timely remediation actions.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Threat detection

SOC leadership

SIEM

SOAR

EDR/XDR

Cloud security

Identity security

Network security

Threat intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender XDR

KQL

UEBA

Job description

Altera seeks a Senior SOC Operations Lead to steer global security operations from Penang, Malaysia. You will own incident response, threat detection, and SOC engineering across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud, and identity security.

You will develop and enforce incident playbooks, manage cross‑time‑zone coordination, and drive continuous improvement through tabletop exercises and metrics reporting.