Security Operations Manager

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Trevose (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Security Operations Manager to lead the organization’s Security Operations Center on a hybrid schedule. You will oversee cybersecurity monitoring, incident investigation, and response within a Cisco-based environment, aligning with IT, risk, and compliance teams.

You will manage a SOC team (4 reports), develop playbooks and metrics, and communicate security risks to senior leadership while advancing detection capabilities and prevention strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, or related field.
• 7+ years in cybersecurity, security operations, or related IT security roles.
• 3+ years managing or leading a SOC.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR, Cisco security technologies.
• Experience developing security operations procedures, incident response playbooks, detection strategies, and performance metrics.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead SOC operations ensuring timely threat detection and response.
• Develop and implement incident response playbooks and detection strategies.
• Collaborate with IT, risk, and compliance to strengthen security posture.
• Report security metrics and risk to senior leadership.

Skills

SOC leadership

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Security monitoring

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Cisco security solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Job description

Full time position for a Security Operations Manager. This role is on site to start and offers some WFH options once established. The SOC Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization's Security Operations Center, overseeing cybersecurity monitoring, threat detection, incident investigation, and response within a Cisco-based enterprise environment. This individual leads SOC personnel (4 reports), establishes operational standards and procedures, optimizes security technologies, and ensures the effective identification, escalation, and mitigation of cybersecurity threats. The role works closely with IT leadership, infrastructure and application teams, and Risk and Compliance to strengthen the organization's security posture and protect critical technology assets.

The ideal candidate brings extensive cybersecurity and security operations experience, a proven track record of leading SOC teams, and strong expertise in incident response, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and security monitoring technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and Cisco security solutions. This professional will improve detection capabilities, oversee incident response processes, establish operational metrics, and communicate security risks and performance to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Seven or more years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, or related IT security roles.
• Three or more years of experience managing or leading a SOC or security operations team.
• Strong knowledge of security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, SIEM, EDR, and Cisco security technologies.
• Experience developing security operations procedures, incident response playbooks, detection strategies, and performance metrics.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.