SOC Security Staff Manager

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced security operations leader to manage day-to-day operations of security programs and oversee a team responsible for safeguarding enterprise systems. You will drive policy, monitor health, and coordinate incident response, remediation, and documentation to sustain continuity and resilience.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in security and at least 3 years in management, with a relevant degree and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry-relevant experience and prior management experience.
• Knowledge of SIEM and EDR technologies and alert handling.
• Ability to scope events and determine remediation steps.
• No required certifications or licenses.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team overseeing day-to-day operations and effectiveness of security technology and programs.
• Monitor trends and assess staff and security-system capabilities against business demands.
• Lead policy development, audit mitigation, and tasks related to infrastructure security and operational health.
• Evaluate security systems, teams, and processes and recommend actions to maintain continuity.
• Document and revise procedures and playbooks to establish standard security practices.

Skills

Team Management

SIEM

EDR

Incident Response

Security Technology Evaluation

Alert Mitigation

Indicators Of Compromise Extraction

Remediation Steps Scoping

Operational Health Assessment

Security Procedures Documentation

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

• Manage a team overseeing the day-to-day operations and effectiveness of assigned security technology and programs
• Manage resources that enable security control effectiveness across teams and technology
• Monitor trends and continuously assess staff and security-system capabilities against business demands
• Lead policy development, audit mitigation, and tasks related to infrastructure security and operational health
• Evaluate security systems, teams, and processes and recommend actions to maintain continuity and operational health
• Document and revise procedures and playbooks to establish standard security practices and increase team effectiveness
• Lead individual contributors performing SOC alert evaluation, response, and mitigation
• Support SIEM tuning to reduce false positives
• Extract indicators of compromise and behavioral characteristics from malicious samples and implement mitigations
• Scope security events and ensure appropriate remediation
• Provide operational support for the institution as a representative of the security organization

Requirements

• Prior management or lead experience
• Typically 5+ years of industry-relevant experience
• At least 3 years of prior management experience typically required
• University/college degree typically required, or a comparable combination of education, job-specific certification(s), and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Knowledge of security technologies including SIEM and EDR
• Experience evaluating, responding to, and mitigating alerts from SIEM and cybersecurity products
• Ability to tune SIEM events to reduce false positives
• Ability to extract indicators of compromise and behavioral characteristics from malicious samples
• Ability to scope events and determine appropriate remediation steps
• Subject matter expertise in one or more SOC functions
• Knowledge of access control, building architecture, customer solutions, disaster recovery planning, information security, network security, physical security, risk assessments, and security technologies
• Competencies in data governance, information assurance, information security management, information security technologies, IT environment, IT standard, procedures and policies, and organizational knowledge
• No required certifications
• No required licenses
• Must be able to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship; PNC will not provide sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing security operations, including team leadership, policy development, and security technology evaluation. Proficient in SIEM and EDR technologies, with a focus on incident response and operational health.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Team Management
• SIEM Tuning
• Incident Response
• Security Technology Evaluation
• Policy Development

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• SIEM
• EDR
• Incident Response
• Security Technology Evaluation
• Alert Mitigation
• Indicators Of Compromise Extraction
• Remediation Steps Scoping
• Operational Health Assessment
• Security Procedures Documentation
• Data Governance

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Problem-Solving
• Organizational Knowledge

Industry Keywords

• Security Technology
• Information Security
• Network Security
• Access Control
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Risk Assessments
• Information Assurance
• IT Standards
• Security Practices
• SOC Functions