Security Operations Leader — Incident Response & Mentoring

McCarthy Building Companies Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. is seeking a Security Operations Team Lead to manage the day-to-day activities of its Security Operations group.

Under minimal direction, you will provide technical guidance, coordinate alert and ticket response, and serve as the first escalation point for security issues. You will collaborate with Security Engineering, MDR providers, end users, and other technology teams to maintain effective detection and response capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of cybersecurity, security operations, or related field.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or coordinating technical personnel.
• Experience with security monitoring, endpoint protection, identity security, incident response, threat hunting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and prioritize daily work of the Security Operations team.
• Serve as 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 MDR providers, including alert review, escalations, tuning, and service quality.
• Lead and/or participate in incident response activities (Detect, Respond, Recover).
• Help maintain and improve 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

Incident response

Threat hunting

Team leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Security monitoring

Endpoint protection

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Job description

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. is seeking a Security Operations Team Lead to manage the day-to-day activities of its Security Operations group.

Under minimal direction, you will provide technical guidance, coordinate alert and ticket response, and serve as the first escalation point for security issues. You will collaborate with Security Engineering, MDR providers, end users, and other technology teams to maintain effective detection and response capabilities.