Security Operations Manager (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid schedule with three days per week onsite at the San Francisco FiDi or Culver City office

Salary: $181,000–$265,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global is building an AI platform for wealth professionals and partnering with financial advisors to improve the accessibility and quality of financial advice.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow the security operations and detection and response team.
• Own the 24x7 security monitoring strategy delivered with a managed detection and response provider.
• Run the incident response program from detection through containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
• Define and report SecOps metrics and SLAs, including MTTD, MTTR, alert quality, and coverage.
• Mature detection engineering, threat intelligence ingestion, and SOAR-based response automation.
• Lead tabletop and purple-team exercises and partner with Cloud, IT, and Engineering to close security gaps.

Requirements

• 6+ years of security operations experience, including 2+ years leading or managing a SOC or detection and response team.
• Hands-on incident response and investigations in a cloud-first environment.
• Experience with SIEM platforms such as Datadog or Splunk, EDR/MDR tools such as CrowdStrike or SentinelOne, and AWS cloud telemetry.
• Experience managing an MDR/MSSP and/or incident response retainer relationship.
• Technical proficiency with AWS, Kubernetes, SIEM query languages, detection-as-code, and Terraform.
• A relevant B.A. or B.S. degree, or equivalent relevant experience, plus strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in regulated environments, including SEC/FINRA, fintech, or financial services.
• Experience building a 24x7 SOC or transitioning to managed detection and response.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, or GCFA.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include kindness, humility, ownership, urgency, resilience, and open collaboration.
• Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• 401(k) savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
• Sixteen weeks of paid parental leave after one year of employment.
• Professional development support, including an employee mobility program and annual L&D budget.
• One month of work-from-anywhere leave, with exceptions for a few countries, plus additional company and financial guidance programs.