Manager / Sr. Manager, SecOps & Cyber Defense

Location: New York City; onsite at the Chelsea office a minimum of 4 days per week

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

Company

hirify.global is an institutionally focused global digital asset platform providing regulated exchange infrastructure, digital asset indices, market data, analytics, media, and events.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor SOC analysts and incident response engineers across multiple time zones.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for high-severity incidents and manage the global operational shift structure and continuous coverage model.
• Drive end-to-end response for major incidents, including detection, containment, eradication, root-cause analysis, and post-mortem reporting.
• Design and tune high-precision SIEM, EDR, and cloud-native detection rules; track MTTD, MTTR, false positives, and MITRE ATT&CK coverage.
• Perform digital forensics, threat hunting, threat research, suspicious payload analysis, and investigation of cloud vulnerabilities.
• Lead red/purple team operations and tabletop exercises while building automated SOAR playbooks with Python and API integrations.

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 a geographically distributed workforce.
• Deep operational expertise investigating cloud-native threats across AWS, GCP, or Azure, plus Kubernetes, Docker, and modern SaaS infrastructure.
• Advanced proficiency with SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR suites, log aggregators, and SOAR tools.
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go for automating triage tasks and querying APIs.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols, cloud architecture, identity systems including Okta and Azure AD, and digital forensics fundamentals.
• Ability to remain calm, decisive, and communicative during high-severity security incidents.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services, fintech, digital assets, or high-throughput trading environments subject to regulatory audit standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, SEC, or FINRA frameworks.
• GIAC certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, or GCDA, or certifications including CISSP or OSCP.

Culture & Benefits

• 24/7 security detection and response coverage across the US, UK, and EMEA.
• Competitive compensation with a discretionary annual target bonus, performance incentives, and benefits.
• Equal opportunity workplace focused on integrity, global diversity, and varied perspectives.