Manager-Cybersecurity

BAL•Richardson, TX

About The Position

We are seeking a hands-on Manager for our Cybersecurity team. You’ll lead the organization's cybersecurity capabilities, including incident response, threat detection, threat hunting, digital forensics, vulnerability remediation coordination, and security technology operations. This role provides leadership for cybersecurity engineers and analysts while remaining technically engaged in major investigations, strategic security initiatives, and security architecture decisions. The manager will drive the maturity of the organization's cybersecurity operations by improving detection capabilities, implementing new security technologies, reducing operational risk, and strengthening response readiness. This is true player-coach role, ideal for a hands-on cybersecurity leader with strong experience across DFIR, Security Operations, threat detection, and security engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
3–5 years leading cybersecurity teams.
Demonstrated experience with Incident Response.
Demonstrated experience with DFIR.
Demonstrated experience with Threat Hunting.
Demonstrated experience with Security Operations.
Demonstrated experience with Security Engineering.
Demonstrated experience with Security Program Development.

Nice To Haves

Related certification(s) preferred

Responsibilities

Lead a team of cybersecurity engineers, analysts, and incident responders.
Establish team goals, KPIs, and development plans.
Conduct performance management, coaching, mentoring, and recruiting activities.
Manage operational priorities and incident response readiness.
Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Oversee security monitoring and incident response activities.
Ensure timely triage, investigation, escalation, and remediation of security events.
Establish and improve operational processes and service metrics.
Maintain incident response plans, playbooks, and escalation procedures.
Lead response efforts for high-severity cybersecurity incidents.
Direct forensic investigations involving endpoints, cloud resources, identities, and network infrastructure.
Coordinate cross-functional response efforts with infrastructure, legal, HR, and executive leadership.
Deliver after-action reports and lessons learned.
Lead evaluation and implementation of cybersecurity technologies.
Drive improvements in XDR, SIEM, Threat Intelligence, SOAR, Vulnerability Management, Identity Security, Cloud Security.
Develop and execute security roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives.
Ensure security controls support Zero Trust and defense-in-depth strategies.
Support audits and compliance initiatives.
Assist with risk assessments and remediation planning.
Provide reporting and metrics to leadership.
Support regulatory and cybersecurity framework requirements.