SOC Lead: Incident Response & Threat Mitigation

O'Reilly Auto Parts; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401k with employer contributions

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Wellbeing programs

Tuition assistance

Career growth

Job summary

O’Reilly Auto Parts is seeking a Security Operations Lead to oversee daily security tooling operations, lead a team of analysts, coordinate incident response, and strengthen the organization’s security posture. This role is onsite in Springfield, MO with no remote option.

You will detect and respond to incidents, develop playbooks, align with regulatory requirements, and work with IT and business teams to improve threat visibility and resilience.

Qualifications

• Monitors, interprets and understands policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives.
• Maintains systems/services and information security, integrity, compliance and continuity.
• Ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
• Follows confidentiality procedures, ensuring that restricted information is only shared with approved recipients, that data sharing is done so using approved/secure communication methods, and that data is kept safe and secure at all times.
• Interprets and applies knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in area of expertise.
• Controls access to servers, systems, and computers.
• Plans, organizes, prioritizes and oversees activities to efficiently meet objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead in detecting and analyzing security incidents, including attacks, breaches, and identified vulnerabilities, and remediate any security gaps in line with the security incident management procedure.
• Act as the escalation point for complex security events and coordinate with internal teams and external partners.
• Continuously improve detection capabilities through tuning and rule development.
• Collaborate with IT, network, and application teams to enhance threat visibility.
• Lead development and execution of incident response playbooks.
• Conduct post-incident review processes as needed.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Policy compliance

Data confidentiality

Access controls

Threat detection

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Job description

O’Reilly Auto Parts is seeking a Security Operations Lead to oversee daily security tooling operations, lead a team of analysts, coordinate incident response, and strengthen the organization’s security posture. This role is onsite in Springfield, MO with no remote option.

You will detect and respond to incidents, develop playbooks, align with regulatory requirements, and work with IT and business teams to improve threat visibility and resilience.