Remote Cybersecurity Operations Leader

Naukri Mitra; United States; Remote; USD 121,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary

Learning stipends

Flexible work anywhere

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Naukri Mitra is seeking a Remote Cybersecurity Operations Consultant to lead bold defense strategies, automate security operations, and drive threat-hunting initiatives across cloud, network, and endpoints. You will design resilient playbooks, mentor teams, and ensure continuous protection of critical infrastructure in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities include leading incident response, refining detection capabilities, and advancing DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in threat modeling, attack vectors, and adversarial tactics.
• Experience configuring, maintaining, and analyzing SIEM logs and alerts
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience with security configuration management (Ansible, Chef, etc.)
• Stellar communication skills to liaise across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead security operations and defense strategy across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
• Deploy and tune SIEM/SOAR platforms to automate threat detection and response.
• Create runbooks and knowledge bases for incident response and resilience.
• Collaborate with IT/DevOps to secure product development and deployments.
• Oversee cloud security, network hardening, and zero-trust reviews.
• Perform risk assessments and align with industry-specific compliance requirements.
• Prepare teams for security audits and ensure audit readiness 24/7.
• Drive automation and DevSecOps integrations in CI/CD pipelines.
• Continuously improve threat models using AI/ML risk scoring.

Skills

Threat modeling

SIEM logs

MITRE ATT&CK

Security config mgmt

Cross-functional comms

Tools

Splunk

QRadar

LogRhythm

Sumo Logic

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Check Point

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

Bash

PowerShell

YAML

Nessus

Qualys

OpenVAS

Rapid7

MISP

ThreatConnect

Recorded Future

Kali Linux

Metasploit

Cuckoo Sandbox

Job description

Naukri Mitra is seeking a Remote Cybersecurity Operations Consultant to lead bold defense strategies, automate security operations, and drive threat-hunting initiatives across cloud, network, and endpoints. You will design resilient playbooks, mentor teams, and ensure continuous protection of critical infrastructure in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities include leading incident response, refining detection capabilities, and advancing DevSecOps practices.