SOC Operations Manager (Cybersecurity)

Location: Fort Collins, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; or Washington, DC, United States

Company

hirify.global builds and delivers federal technology using a product-oriented approach focused on speed, ownership, and execution.

What you will do

• Lead the Tier 2 Threat Watch Officer function and act as the senior operational authority during assigned watch periods.
• Validate security events, assess operational impact, determine escalation paths, and coordinate stakeholder notifications.
• Correlate anomalies across IDS, IPS, and SIEM platforms and recommend network configuration changes to strengthen defensive coverage.
• Author and maintain intrusion detection signatures and monitor High Value Assets.
• Oversee Tier 1 SOC analysts, direct workloads, validate actions, and provide real-time coaching during active events.
• Coordinate with law enforcement, counterintelligence, and interagency partners while producing playbooks, shift reports, and incident documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of security operations experience, including hands-on Tier 2 or senior SOC analyst experience.
• Supervisory or team lead experience overseeing SOC analysts or watch-floor operations.
• Active Secret clearance is required.
• Deep experience with security event validation, IDS/IPS/SIEM correlation, incident assessment, signature development, alert tuning, and dashboard operations.
• Proficiency in Python or an equivalent language, with familiarity with FISMA, NIST incident response frameworks, federal security operations standards, adversary TTPs, and threat actor trends.

Nice to have

• CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, CySA+, or an equivalent security operations certification.
• Federal civilian, defense, or intelligence SOC leadership experience.
• Experience with threat hunting, kill-chain-based detection, Zero Trust monitoring, or cloud-native SOC operations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedules and teleworking options.
• Medical insurance plans, including HSA-eligible options.
• Employer-paid dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance options.
• 5% 401(k) company matching, paid holidays, PTO accrual, and paid parental leave.
• Professional development, career growth opportunities, and team recognition events.