SOC Project Manager (Cybersecurity)

Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States; New Carrollton, Maryland, United States; onsite presence at client facilities as directed. U.S. citizenship and Top Secret clearance are required.

Salary: $160,000–$210,000 annually, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global delivers advanced technology solutions and mission support to federal agencies across civilian, health, and national security environments using AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, and IT modernization.

What you will do

• Lead the strategic and operational direction of a large federal agency SOC through subordinate shift leads and analysts.
• Direct 24x7x365 alert monitoring, triage, incident analysis, forensic and malware analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Coordinate incident escalations, reporting to oversight organizations and CISA, operational risks, staffing, service-impacting issues, and executive communications.
• Build shift schedules and on-call rosters across multiple sites, ensuring continuous coverage, emergency readiness, and reliable reachability.
• Maintain COOP plans and procedures, participate in contingency and disaster recovery exercises, and lead alternate-site SOC operations when COOP is invoked.
• Improve incident handling processes, playbooks, operating procedures, communications, and detection capabilities through coordination with threat intelligence, threat hunting, and SOC engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; three additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
• 10+ years of professional experience.
• 10 years of experience running a SOC, including at least 5 years running a combined on-premises/cloud SOC.
• 10 years of cybersecurity incident response experience in one or more environments with 50,000+ endpoints, covering Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover under the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Experience managing a function or organization through subordinate management and influencing practices and approaches.
• Experience communicating with and influencing executive leadership.
• Experience managing 24x7x365 SOC operations, including shift scheduling, on-call support, escalation procedures, and service level objectives.
• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-61, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, and federal incident reporting requirements such as CISA reporting.
• Experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and incident ticketing or case management tools.
• U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience managing a federal civilian agency SOC or incident response center.
• Experience with COOP planning and execution and multi-site SOC operations.
• Experience monitoring and responding to incidents in AWS and Microsoft Azure/M365 environments.
• CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications such as GCIH, GSOM, or GCIA, or PMP certification.
• Experience coordinating with CISA, FBI, and other law enforcement and intelligence partners.
• Active Top Secret clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a family-focused culture and flexible scheduling and teleworking options.
• Traditional and HSA-eligible medical insurance plans.
• Employer-paid dental and vision insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 5% 401(k) company matching, paid holidays, PTO accrual, and paid parental leave.
• Professional development, career growth opportunities, team events, recognition, and appreciation programs.