Cybersecurity Engineering Manager – SOC Modernization Lead

Civicworks; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Florida Department of Management Services seeks a Cybersecurity Engineering Manager to lead the Cybersecurity Engineering section, ensuring reliable, integrated security platforms and telemetry for SOC operations. This in-office role in Tallahassee supervises a team, drives modernization initiatives, and balances daily support with strategic engineering improvements.

Responsibilities include guiding threat detection, incident response, and data pipelines, while mentoring staff and advancing

Qualifications

• Enterprise cybersecurity engineering experience with SIEM, data lakes, SOAR, and detection platforms.
• Experience designing, implementing, and tuning SIEM detections and Sigma rules.
• Leadership and team supervision with mentoring and performance management.
• Knowledge of incident response processes and security telemetry sources for threat detection.
• Systems security management focusing on platform availability, reliability, and resilience.
• Experience with SOC maturity and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cybersecurity Engineering section and provide technical leadership.
• Oversee reliability, availability, and integration of security platforms and telemetry.
• Manage data pipelines used for threat detection and incident response.
• Supervise a team and mentor staff; oversee modernization initiatives.
• Balance operational support with strategic engineering improvements.
• Coordinate with SOC operations to support threat hunting.

Skills

SIEM

Data lakes

SOAR

Detection platforms

Job description

The Florida Department of Management Services seeks a Cybersecurity Engineering Manager to lead the Cybersecurity Engineering section, ensuring reliable, integrated security platforms and telemetry for SOC operations. This in-office role in Tallahassee supervises a team, drives modernization initiatives, and balances daily support with strategic engineering improvements.

Responsibilities include guiding threat detection, incident response, and data pipelines, while mentoring staff and advancing