Global Cyber Defense Lead: Strategy, Detection & Response

Acronis, Inc.; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Acronis, Inc. is seeking an experienced Cyber Defense Unit Manager to lead and strengthen our global cyber defense capabilities. This role owns security operations, threat detection, incident response, threat intelligence, and proactive defense.

You will build a high-performing team and coordinate with executives across legal, compliance, and IT. The position requires hands-on leadership, strategic planning, and effective communication to protect MSPs, SMBs, and enterprise IT environments.

Qualifications

• Significant cybersecurity leadership experience (typically 10+ years).
• Minimum 5+ years directing global security operations and incident response teams.
• Proven ability to build and mature a cyber defense program.
• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework and modern attacker techniques.
• Experience with threat hunting and proactive defense strategies.
• Familiarity with AWS/Azure cloud security and cloud-native logging.
• Ability to manage budgets, vendors, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cyber Defense function with strategy, roadmaps, and operating model improvements.
• Mentor and develop a global team across time zones, including on-call models.
• Oversee 24x7 monitoring, threat detection, and incident response activities.
• Drive detection engineering across SIEM/EDR/SOAR with a focus on reducing false positives.
• Lead investigations, post-incident reviews, and regulatory coordination as needed.
• Develop and communicate metrics to executive leadership and the Board.

Skills

Leadership

Security Operations

Threat Detection

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud Security

Automation/Scripting

Budget Management

Executive Communication

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

SOAR

Threat Intelligence

AWS

Azure

Digital Forensics

Job description

Acronis, Inc. is seeking an experienced Cyber Defense Unit Manager to lead and strengthen our global cyber defense capabilities. This role owns security operations, threat detection, incident response, threat intelligence, and proactive defense.

You will build a high-performing team and coordinate with executives across legal, compliance, and IT. The position requires hands-on leadership, strategic planning, and effective communication to protect MSPs, SMBs, and enterprise IT environments.