Senior Security Operations Leader

Polsinelli PC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Sick time off

Referral program

Medical insurance and benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

ID Theft insurance

Long-term disability benefits

Short-term disability benefits

Parking/Transit reimbursement

401(k) benefits

Employee assistance benefits

Job summary

Polsinelli PC is seeking a Manager of Security Operations to lead day-to-day cybersecurity operations, incident response, and risk-based security management across enterprise systems. The role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to protect information assets and data.

The successful candidate will direct security monitoring, threat detection, and vulnerability management, acting as incident commander during significant events and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in cybersecurity or IT.
• Minimum 5 years in cybersecurity or information security with hands-on security operations.
• Experience managing significant cybersecurity incidents and coordinating cross-functional response.
• Working knowledge of enterprise security architectures, endpoint, identity, network, cloud security, and monitoring technologies.
• Experience developing security procedures, incident response playbooks, and management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day cybersecurity operations and incident response.
• Oversee threat detection, DLP, vulnerability management, and secure enterprise apps.
• Serve as primary incident commander during major cybersecurity incidents.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to minimize business disruption and risk.
• Develop operational metrics, procedures, and incident response playbooks.

Skills

Incident response

Security operations

Vulnerability management

Threat detection

Data loss prevention

Email security

Enterprise security architectures

Security monitoring

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/Information Security/CS/IT or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

DLP

Vulnerability scanning

Email security

ITSM platforms

Microsoft 365

Azure

Job description

Polsinelli PC is seeking a Manager of Security Operations to lead day-to-day cybersecurity operations, incident response, and risk-based security management across enterprise systems. The role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to protect information assets and data.

The successful candidate will direct security monitoring, threat detection, and vulnerability management, acting as incident commander during significant events and