Remote Cybersecurity Operations Lead

Efinancial, LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision

Life and AD&D

Disability Insurance

401(k) Plan

PTO & Sick Time

Annual Bonus

Job summary

eFinancial, LLC is seeking a remote Cybersecurity Operations Manager to lead security operations across cloud and on-premises environments in the U.S. This role emphasizes incident response, vulnerability management, IAM, logging, and risk-driven decision making within a close-knit security team.

The role requires coordinating with technical, legal, compliance, and business partners to drive remediation and measure security performance. A strong background in AWS security and SIEM is preferred.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including cybersecurity operations and AWS security; 2+ years leading technical professionals.
• Hands-on experience with incident response, vulnerability management, remediation tracking, and operational security workflows.
• Strong judgment in prioritization, resource management, vendor performance, and risk-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead security operations - Set priorities, coach the team, improve playbooks, and drive measurable remediation outcomes.
• Manage incident response - Direct detection, containment, recovery, escalation, and post-incident reviews with technical, legal, compliance, and business partners.
• Secure cloud, SaaS, and legacy platforms - Improve IAM, logging, monitoring, DLP, posture management, threat detection, access controls, audit readiness, and security operations.
• Oversee vulnerability management - Lead scanning, risk-based prioritization, remediation tracking, exceptions, compensating controls, reporting, and validation.
• Advise technology and business teams - Assess risk, support secure design, and translate security issues into practical business decisions.
• Report metrics and risk - Track service levels, key risk indicators, incident trends, remediation performance, capacity, and corrective actions.

Skills

AWS Security

SaaS Security

SIEM/SOAR

Vulnerability Scanners

DLP

EDR

Firewalls

IAM

Logging & Monitoring

Leadership

Tools

SIEM/SOAR Tools

Job description

eFinancial, LLC is seeking a remote Cybersecurity Operations Manager to lead security operations across cloud and on-premises environments in the U.S. This role emphasizes incident response, vulnerability management, IAM, logging, and risk-driven decision making within a close-knit security team.

The role requires coordinating with technical, legal, compliance, and business partners to drive remediation and measure security performance. A strong background in AWS security and SIEM is preferred.