Senior SecOps Manager — 24/7 Cloud Incident Response

Altus Consulting Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Altus Consulting Corporation is seeking a Sr. SecOps Manager to lead the 24/7/365 security operations for a federal customer in a cleared cloud SOC. You will supervise analysts, manage active alert queues, and guide incident triage and escalation.

The role is hands-on and requires collaboration with engineering to improve detections and playbooks. The position demands active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, strong leadership, and extensive experience in SIEM/EDR, incident response, and security

Qualifications

• Five+ years of SecOps/IR experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph required.
• Hands-on with SIEM/EDR, case-management tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead SecOps on assigned shifts and act as primary resource for analysts.
• Oversee alert queues; ensure escalation within SLAs.
• Coach analysts on triage, SIEM/EDR, investigations, escalation.
• Coordinate shift handoffs for High/Critical incidents.
• Improve detections, playbooks, and operational processes.
• Collaborate with engineers to enhance detections and runbooks.
• Support incident reporting and operational metrics.

Skills

SIEM & EDR

Incident response

Leadership

Coaching analysts

Security operations

Blue-team debugging

Communication

Kubernetes

Education

CompTIA CySA+

GIAC GCIA

GIAC GCIH

CEH

CISSP

Tools

Splunk

Elastic/ELK

Google Chronicle

ServiceNow

SOAR

Windows

Linux

Kubernetes

Job description

Altus Consulting Corporation is seeking a Sr. SecOps Manager to lead the 24/7/365 security operations for a federal customer in a cleared cloud SOC. You will supervise analysts, manage active alert queues, and guide incident triage and escalation.

The role is hands-on and requires collaboration with engineering to improve detections and playbooks. The position demands active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, strong leadership, and extensive experience in SIEM/EDR, incident response, and security