SOC Lead: Real-Time Threat Response & Playbooks

Smartsuite; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Capitolis in Newport Beach, CA seeks a Security Operations Manager to lead the SOC, drive incident response, and oversee alert triage, playbooks, containment and escalation. You will coordinate with IT operations, crisis management and legal, and report SOC metrics to the CISO to ensure rapid threat detection and resolution.

You will also oversee on-call rotations, incident lifecycle governance, and post-incident reviews to improve resilience and regulatory readiness across the organization.

Qualifications

• Leads the SOC and security incident response lifecycle.
• Manages alert triage, escalation and containment.
• Oversees post-incident reviews and metrics reporting.

Responsibilities

• Run the SOC and shift coverage.
• Own alert triage, prioritization and escalation.
• Maintain response playbooks for high-priority incidents and breaches.
• Lead security incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Coordinate with IT operations, crisis management and legal during incidents.
• Report SOC metrics such as MTTD, MTTR and SLA adherence.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Playbooks

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SIEM

Job description

Capitolis in Newport Beach, CA seeks a Security Operations Manager to lead the SOC, drive incident response, and oversee alert triage, playbooks, containment and escalation. You will coordinate with IT operations, crisis management and legal, and report SOC metrics to the CISO to ensure rapid threat detection and resolution.

You will also oversee on-call rotations, incident lifecycle governance, and post-incident reviews to improve resilience and regulatory readiness across the organization.