Security Operations Manager

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionJob Title: Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager
Company: Ignite Consults LLC
Location: Dallas, TX
Employment Type: Contract to Hire

Role Overview:
Our client is seeking a Security Operations Manager to lead and coordinate the organizations Security Operations Center (SOC). This critical role ensures end-to-end visibility, threat detection, incident response, and security event management across a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in cybersecurity operations, real-time incident response, and cross-functional communication. You will play a key role in building a proactive and resilient cybersecurity posture by integrating tools, processes, and people into an optimized operational framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day SOC operations, ensuring timely threat detection, response, and resolution.
• Manage and prioritize incoming security alerts and incident tickets, overseeing triage, resolution, and escalation.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation including SOPs, incident response playbooks, and detection workflows.
• Coordinate and lead cybersecurity incident response efforts from detection through resolution and post-incident reviews.
• Oversee integration and performance of core security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR, IAM, firewalls) to ensure complete visibility and response readiness.
• Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to enhance detection capabilities and contextual threat analysis.
• Provide regular updates, KPIs, and strategic insights to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in line with evolving threats and operational objectives.
• This position will be on-call.

Team Scope:


This position may supervise up to three direct reports and will work closely with the Office of the CISO.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience managing or operating within a Security Operations Center
• Hands-on expertise in cloud and infrastructure security, including SaaS environments

Strong familiarity with:

• Azure, Active Directory, and Azure AD
• Enterprise domains and IAM systems
• Remote access security practices
• SIEM/SOAR platforms and use-case development
• Threat intelligence sources (OSINT)
• Incident Response as an Incident Commander
• Insider Threat Monitoring

Certifications:

• Professional certifications such as CISSP, GIAC or similar are strongly but not required

Required Skills & Abilities

• Strong leadership and team management capabilities, including the ability to oversee a 24x7x365 SOC environment
• Ability to manage technical delivery and implement process improvements that drive operational excellence
• Skilled in developing detection use cases and technical documentation
• Capable of developing and executing transition plans for SOC operations (both onboarding and offboarding)
• Experience coordinating across multiple SOC teams and integrating workflow automation
• Ability to collaborate effectively with law enforcement and explain complex incident details
• Experience coordinating with cyber threat intelligence analysts to correlate threat assessment data

Flexible work from home options available.