Senior SOC Analyst & Incident Response Lead

Insight Global; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a senior Cybersecurity Operations Center analyst to sit on-site in the San Antonio, TX area. This role provides expert-level detection, alert triage, and response leadership while directing threat hunting teams to investigate cybersecurity events or support incident response activities.

You will mentor junior and mid-level SOC analysts, ensure SOC playbooks and incident response plans are drafted, implemented, maintained, updated, and trained on by SOC staff, and assist

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, IT, or related field required; Master's in same fields preferred.
• 6–10+ years of SOC or incident response experience.
• 4 years of experience in IT audit, network operations, and enterprise cyber risk management.
• Azure cloud security expertise and cloud threat knowledge.
• Proficiency with Cisco security tools (Secure Endpoint/Email/Web Security Appliance).
• Experience with ISO 27000, COBIT, NIST 800, CJIS, HIPAA, PCI.
• Mentorship and leadership of junior analysts.
• Strong written and verbal communication for executive stakeholders.
• Ability to perform under pressure during high-impact incidents.

Responsibilities

• Lead threat hunting teams to investigate cybersecurity events and incidents.
• Draft, implement, and maintain SOC playbooks and incident response plans; train SOC staff.
• mentor junior/mid-level SOC analysts and refine IR procedures.
• Assist security leadership in developing and reporting SOC metrics.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Threat hunting

Leadership

Playbooks

IR planning

Communication

Training

Threat intelligence

Compliance knowledge

Azure security

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cisco security suite

Cisco Secure Endpoint

Cisco Secure Email

Web Security Appliance

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a senior Cybersecurity Operations Center analyst to sit on-site in the San Antonio, TX area. This role provides expert-level detection, alert triage, and response leadership while directing threat hunting teams to investigate cybersecurity events or support incident response activities.

You will mentor junior and mid-level SOC analysts, ensure SOC playbooks and incident response plans are drafted, implemented, maintained, updated, and trained on by SOC staff, and assist