Lead Security Operations Center Manager (SOC)

ForFutures Financial, Planning, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services LLC; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

First American in Santa Ana, CA seeks an Information Security Operations Manager to lead the SOC, mature incident response, and oversee 24/7 monitoring and service delivery.

You will coordinate with stakeholders, manage incident response playbooks, and drive threat detection improvements; the role requires leadership, strong communication, and hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience leading a SOC and incident response programs.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with executives.

Responsibilities

• Act as Incident Commander for cyber events and lead response actions.
• Oversee 24/7 SOC monitoring, incident classification, and escalation paths.
• Develop and refine incident response playbooks and strategies.
• Coordinate with Security Services Providers and manage SLAs and KPIs.
• Provide mentoring and leadership to the security team.

Skills

SOC Leadership

Incident Response

Threat Detection

Executive Communication

On-call Management

Education

BS in Computer Science / Cybersecurity

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR/XDR

IDS/IPS

Job description

First American in Santa Ana, CA seeks an Information Security Operations Manager to lead the SOC, mature incident response, and oversee 24/7 monitoring and service delivery.

You will coordinate with stakeholders, manage incident response playbooks, and drive threat detection improvements; the role requires leadership, strong communication, and hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR.