Responsibilities:
• Managing and providing effective leadership to the SOC team.
• Fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Managing day-to-day SOC operations, ensuring the timely detection, analysis, and response to security incidents.
• Developing and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance the SOC's capabilities.
• Leading incident response efforts, coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders to mitigate and remediate security incidents.
• Developing and maintaining incident response plans and playbooks.
• Monitoring and analyzing security alerts, responding to and investigating incidents as needed.
• Conducting post-incident reviews to identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Communicating effectively with executive leadership and other stakeholders on cybersecurity matters.
• Staying abreast of the latest trends and developments in SOC and Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR).
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• The candidate must have extensive experience in incident handling and reporting (at least 4 years in a similar role).
• Professional certifications related to incident response is preferable.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, technologies, and best practices.
• Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in digital forensics and incident response.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Presentation skills, simplifying complex cybersecurity concerns and issues, and explaining to non-technical teams.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and lead a team in a dynamic environment.
• Able to interact with stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Strong reporting skills.