Enterprise Cybersecurity Operations Leader

Cybersecurity Jobs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

San Jose Police Department is seeking an Enterprise Principal Technology Analyst (Cybersecurity Operations Manager) for an onsite, hands-on leadership role across enterprise cybersecurity operations. You will mentor teams, implement security controls, and coordinate responses to cyber threats in a high-stakes environment.

The role requires strong experience with network, endpoint, cloud, identity, and threat-based defense across modern security stacks, plus the ability to lead cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant field AND five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional-level experience in computer applications, systems, networks, or telecommunications work.
• At least two (2) years must include responsibility in development, implementation, and maintenance of electronic business systems/solutions or application development and/or support.
• Master’s Degree may substitute for one year of experience in electronic business systems/solutions or application development/support.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership, mentoring, and quality assurance across multiple teams to reduce enterprise cybersecurity risk.
• Collect, analyze, and operationalize cyber-threat intelligence to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and indicators of compromise.
• Convert intelligence into actionable defenses, including detections, hunting queries, blocking rules, and risk-based recommendations.
• Lead cybersecurity emergency response for incidents: triage, containment, eradication, recovery, RCA, and post-incident improvement.
• Build and maintain security operations standards, including incident response playbooks, escalation procedures, and evidence-handling practices.
• Lead cybersecurity projects by defining scope, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria; coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

Skills

Network security

Endpoint security

Identity security

Cloud security

Security monitoring

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Active Directory

Entra ID/Azure AD

MFA

Zero Trust

Job description

San Jose Police Department is seeking an Enterprise Principal Technology Analyst (Cybersecurity Operations Manager) for an onsite, hands-on leadership role across enterprise cybersecurity operations. You will mentor teams, implement security controls, and coordinate responses to cyber threats in a high-stakes environment.

The role requires strong experience with network, endpoint, cloud, identity, and threat-based defense across modern security stacks, plus the ability to lead cross-functional