Senior SOC Architect & Incident Response Leader

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union seeks a Principal SOC Engineer to shape security monitoring, detection, threat hunting, and incident response across hybrid infrastructure and cloud environments. You will guide architecture and strategy, influence senior leaders, and mentor engineers in a dynamic IT Security team.

You’ll lead high‑impact investigations, develop scalable SIEM/XDR/SOAR solutions, and align security controls with business risk while ensuring operational resilience during

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT security or related field; four years of related experience may substitute.
• Minimum 5 years in cybersecurity, information security, cyber defense, or related discipline.
• Proven mastery of incident investigation, detection engineering, threat hunting, telemetry architecture, analytics, automation, and enterprise risk communication.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year security strategy and target architecture for enterprise operations.
• Lead on high-impact security incidents and complex investigations.
• Establish telemetry onboarding, data quality, detection engineering, alert triage, and incident response processes.
• Architect scalable security data, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, and case-management capabilities.
• Define detection coverage models mapped to threats and critical assets.
• Sponsor cross-functional programs addressing cloud, identity, data, AI, and third‑party risks.
• Provide guidance for executive decisions, acquisitions, and strategic security investments.
• Measure telemetry health, coverage, precision, response speed, and risk reduction.
• Influence leadership to prioritize durable improvements in detection and response.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Threat hunting

Telemetry architecture

Automation

Cloud detection

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT security or related field

Four years of related experience in lieu of degree

Tools

SIEM

XDR

SOAR

Threat intelligence platforms

Job description

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union seeks a Principal SOC Engineer to shape security monitoring, detection, threat hunting, and incident response across hybrid infrastructure and cloud environments. You will guide architecture and strategy, influence senior leaders, and mentor engineers in a dynamic IT Security team.

You’ll lead high‑impact investigations, develop scalable SIEM/XDR/SOAR solutions, and align security controls with business risk while ensuring operational resilience during