Manager / Sr. Manager, SecOps & Cyber Defense (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Manager / Sr. Manager, SecOps & Cyber Defense (Cybersecurity): Leading and scaling 24/7 security detection and response capabilities across cloud and hybrid infrastructure with an accent on incident response, detection engineering, and threat hunting. Focus on handling high-severity incidents, performing digital forensics, building SOAR automation, and strengthening coverage through adversarial exercises.

Location: New York City; onsite in the Chelsea office at least 4 days per week. The role supports security operations across the US, UK, and EMEA.

Salary: $185,000–$235,000 base salary, plus discretionary annual target bonus, performance incentives, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a global digital asset platform providing regulated exchange infrastructure, market data, indices, media, and information services.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a small technical team of SOC analysts and incident response engineers across multiple time zones.
• Manage high-severity incident escalations, global shift operations, and continuous security coverage.
• Drive end-to-end incident response, including detection, containment, eradication, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems.
• Design and tune high-precision SIEM, EDR, and cloud-native detections while conducting proactive threat hunts.
• Perform digital forensics and reverse-engineer suspicious scripts and payloads.
• Build SOAR playbooks and automation with Python, API integrations, and security tooling; lead red/purple team exercises and executive tabletop simulations.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, threat detection, and security incident response.
• 2+ years of direct people management or formal team leadership experience, preferably with geographically distributed teams.
• Deep experience investigating cloud-native threats across AWS, GCP, or Azure, plus Kubernetes, Docker, and SaaS infrastructure.
• Advanced proficiency with SIEM, EDR/XDR, log aggregation, and SOAR platforms.
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Knowledge of network protocols, cloud architecture, identity systems such as Okta and Azure AD, and digital forensics; ability to remain decisive and communicative during critical incidents.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services, fintech, digital assets, or high-throughput trading environments.
• Knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, SEC, or FINRA regulatory frameworks.
• GIAC, CISSP, or OSCP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base compensation with discretionary annual bonus and performance incentives.
• Benefits package provided by the employing entities.
• Equal opportunity workplace focused on integrity, diversity, and varied perspectives.
• Work with globally distributed security and engineering stakeholders across multiple time zones.