Security Operations Lead: Incident Response & Coaching

McCarthy Holdings, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

McCarthy Holdings, Inc. in Missouri is seeking a Security Operations Team Lead to oversee daily activities of the Security Operations team, provide technical guidance, and coordinate with MDR providers to ensure rapid detection and response.

Reporting to the Security Manager, you will mentor engineers, manage incidents, and help shape playbooks, metrics, and security culture across McCarthy’s technology environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of cybersecurity, security operations, or related field.
• 3+ years of people or project management preferred.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or coordinating technical personnel.
• Experience with security monitoring, endpoint protection, identity security, incident response, threat hunting, or related disciplines.
• Experience with a managed security or managed detection and response provider is preferred.
• Support experience in operations with high ticket / call volume.
• Hands-on knowledge of enterprise IT infrastructure, endpoints, identities, networks, applications, and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and prioritize the daily work and projects of the Security Operations team.
• Serve as the first escalation point for security alerts, tickets, investigations, and operational issues.
• Coach, develop, and support Security Operations Engineers.
• Provide hands-on assistance with alert triage, investigations, incident response, threat hunting, and high-priority operational tasks.
• Oversee day-to-day coordination with the managed detection and response (MDR) providers, including alert review, escalations, tuning, and service quality.
• Lead and/or participate in incident response activities (Detect, Respond, Recover).
• Help maintain security operations playbooks, procedures, escalation paths, and documentation.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and work tracking.
• Participate in the security operations on-call schedule.
• Support security assessments, audits, vulnerability remediation, policy development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Create and track relevant metrics for continuous improvement.
• Conduct third party security / vendor reviews.
• Contribute to improving the Cyber Safety culture at McCarthy, including phishing campaigns and security awareness training.

Skills

Security Operations

Mentoring

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Security Monitoring

Managed Security Providers

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Job description

McCarthy Holdings, Inc. in Missouri is seeking a Security Operations Team Lead to oversee daily activities of the Security Operations team, provide technical guidance, and coordinate with MDR providers to ensure rapid detection and response.

Reporting to the Security Manager, you will mentor engineers, manage incidents, and help shape playbooks, metrics, and security culture across McCarthy’s technology environments.