Security Engineering Team Lead (Hands-on, SOC-Focused)

5ironCyber; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health, dental and vision

401k with immediate vesting match

Generous paid time off and holidays

PTO for voting and volunteering

Birthday PTO

Internet and cell phone stipend

Team building events

Job summary

5ironCyber is seeking a Security Engineering Team Lead to drive hands-on technical execution while guiding a team to deliver reliable security services. You will balance mentoring, accountability, and strategic OKRs, stepping into complex engineering work as needed.

You will lead daily execution, troubleshoot escalations, and collaborate with SOC to improve coverage, response, and operational reliability, all from our Franklin, TN on-site location.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Elastic Stack experience including Elasticsearch and Kibana.
• Proven ability to lead technical work and guide teammates.
• Working knowledge of SIEM, endpoint security, and incident response in SOC/MDR.
• Strong ownership, organization, and communication to balance urgent and long-term work.
• Experience collaborating with SOC and security engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily engineering execution: prioritize client needs and platform health.
• Act as a hands-on escalation resource for complex issues and deployments.
• Translate strategy into clear owners, milestones, and measurable progress.
• Coach engineers with technical guidance and onboarding support.
• Reinforce engineering standards for change control, testing, and documentation.
• Partner with SOC and other teams to improve security coverage and response.
• Identify recurring issues and surface risks to leadership.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Elastic Security

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Zscaler

Proofpoint

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Job description

5ironCyber is seeking a Security Engineering Team Lead to drive hands-on technical execution while guiding a team to deliver reliable security services. You will balance mentoring, accountability, and strategic OKRs, stepping into complex engineering work as needed.

You will lead daily execution, troubleshoot escalations, and collaborate with SOC to improve coverage, response, and operational reliability, all from our Franklin, TN on-site location.