Director of Security Operations Center & Threat Intelligence

CVS Health; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health seeks a Lead Director - Security Operations Center (SOC) to oversee cybersecurity operations for a complex healthcare environment, ensuring effective threat detection, investigation, response, and recovery. You will lead a high-performing team and drive standardized processes, metrics, and regulatory alignment across the organization.

The role focuses on strategy, threat intelligence, and resilience, with collaboration across cloud, identity, and engineering functions to strengthen

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience within medium-large scale environments.
• 5+ years leading Security Operations Center (SOC), Incident Response, Cyber Defense, or Threat Detection teams.
• 5+ years of security experience operating and optimizing enterprise security platforms, including SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, and security automation technologies such as Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike Falcon, and Wirespeed.
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience building, managing, and maturing security operations capabilities, including security monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics, and security investigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of the Security Operations Center, including threat monitoring, detection, investigation, response, and threat hunting activities.
• Establish operational processes, service levels, metrics, and reporting to measure effectiveness and support informed decision-making.
• Build and mature SOC capabilities that align security operations to business priorities, risk tolerance, and growth objectives.
• Ensure operational readiness, escalation procedures, and effective coordination during cybersecurity events and incidents.
• Drive improvements in detection engineering, investigation processes, and response workflows to reduce risk and improve response times.
• Leverage automation, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve operational efficiency and strengthen cyber defense outcomes.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

SOC management

Security platforms

Threat detection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike Falcon

Wirespeed

Job description

CVS Health seeks a Lead Director - Security Operations Center (SOC) to oversee cybersecurity operations for a complex healthcare environment, ensuring effective threat detection, investigation, response, and recovery. You will lead a high-performing team and drive standardized processes, metrics, and regulatory alignment across the organization.

The role focuses on strategy, threat intelligence, and resilience, with collaboration across cloud, identity, and engineering functions to strengthen