Cyber Defense Manager

Responsibilities

• Own Cyber Defense execution across SOC, detection engineering, incident response, and exposure remediation
• Lead alert triage quality, escalation standards, incident command, and response coordination
• Prioritize critical vulnerabilities and exposures using asset criticality, exploitability, and business impact
• Manage Cyber Defense dashboards, runbooks, remediation follow-up, and operational metrics
• Coordinate with IT, Platform, Product, GRC, Legal, and business owners during incidents and remediation
• Build and develop the Cyber Defense team, including hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and retaining security talent
• Drive continuous improvement of detection coverage, response playbooks, and security controls based on lessons learned and threat intelligence
• Report on Cyber Defense performance, incidents, and risk posture to security leadership and stakeholders

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Information Security
• 3+ years in a security management or team lead role with direct people management experience
• Hands-on experience managing SOC operations and leading incident command
• Ability to design and maintain detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and cloud platforms
• Knowledge of attack scenarios (ATO, credential theft) and MITRE ATT&CK mapping
• Experience prioritizing vulnerabilities using CVSS
• Hands-on experience with enterprise SIEM (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Chronicle, Elastic) and SOAR tooling
• Understanding of cloud security in AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Understanding of IAM, PAM, SSO, and identity attack vectors
• English - Upper-Intermediate or higher
• Ukrainian - Fluent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech or e-commerce industries
• Background as a SOC analyst or incident responder prior to management
• Experience building a SOC or Cyber Defense function from scratch
• Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms
• Relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, GIAC (GSOM, GCED, GCIH)

Benefits

• 20 paid vacation days per year
• 10 paid sick leave days per year
• Medical budget
• Professional education budget
• Language learning budget
• Wellness budget