Lead, Advanced Cyber Operations — Hybrid Role

Entergy; The Woodlands (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy seeks a Manager, Advanced Cyber Operations to lead the CSOC's proactive arm across threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, offensive operations, and forensics. The role spans Corporate, Cloud, and OT, driving detection improvements and incident response enhancements.

Responsibilities include coordinating red/blue team activities, overseeing budgets, and guiding the team’s adoption of AI and agentic AI to advance security capabilities while maintaining safety controls and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Seven years of progressive cybersecurity experience with leadership experience.
• Hands-on experience with AI/agentic AI in cybersecurity contexts.
• OT literacy and experience securing OT/IC environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Advanced Cyber Operations team across threat hunting, threat intelligence, offensive security, and forensics.
• Coordinate across blue team and red team to improve detections and response.
• Manage O&M budget, tooling, and vendor engagements; track operating metrics.
• Direct threat hunting initiatives mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and IC.
• Oversee offensive engagements with proper ROE and safety controls.
• Apply AI/agentic AI tooling across all service lines and establish guardrails.

Skills

Threat hunting

Cyber threat intelligence

Offensive security

Digital forensics

Leadership

AI and automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

AI tooling

Job description

Entergy seeks a Manager, Advanced Cyber Operations to lead the CSOC's proactive arm across threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, offensive operations, and forensics. The role spans Corporate, Cloud, and OT, driving detection improvements and incident response enhancements.

Responsibilities include coordinating red/blue team activities, overseeing budgets, and guiding the team’s adoption of AI and agentic AI to advance security capabilities while maintaining safety controls and regulatory