Operations Advisor

Cyderes•Orlando, FL

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cyderes is seeking an experienced Operations Advisor to support its Cyber Defense Operations team. This customer-facing role focuses on detection engineering, security monitoring optimization, and continuous improvement across multiple client environments. The Operations Advisor partners with customers and Cyderes SOC teams to enhance threat detection capabilities, identify security gaps, and improve the effectiveness of managed security operations. The role serves as a technical advisor and point of contact for a portfolio of approximately eight client environments. It involves developing and optimizing detection rules and monitoring content using SIEM platforms such as Google SecOps (Chronicle), Microsoft Sentinel, and Splunk, while partnering with SOC analysts and detection engineers to improve alert quality and reduce false positives. The Operations Advisor also communicates technical findings and recommendations to customer stakeholders and supports continuous improvement of Cyderes managed detection and response services.

Requirements

Experience in SOC operations, detection engineering, SIEM engineering, or cybersecurity consulting.
Hands-on experience developing and tuning SIEM detection rules.
Experience with one or more of the following: Google SecOps / Chronicle, Microsoft Sentinel, or Splunk.
Strong understanding of security monitoring, alert analysis, and threat detection.
Knowledge of security frameworks and methodologies, including MITRE ATT&CK.
Experience troubleshooting log ingestion, detection coverage, and alerting issues.
Strong customer-facing communication and technical advisory skills.
Ability to manage multiple customer environments and prioritize competing requirements.
Experience working within an MSSP or MDR provider.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SIEM content engineering and detection use-case development.
Familiarity with KQL, SPL, or YARA-L.
Understanding of incident response, threat hunting, and security operations workflows.
Experience delivering technical recommendations to enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical advisor and point of contact for assigned customer environments.
Manage security operations relationships across a portfolio of approximately eight client environments.
Develop, implement, and optimize detection rules and security monitoring content.
Identify gaps in customer security monitoring, log ingestion, and detection coverage.
Partner with SOC analysts and detection engineers to improve alert quality and reduce false positives.
Provide recommendations for improving customer security posture and operational effectiveness.
Support continuous improvement initiatives within Cyderes managed detection and response services.
Collaborate with internal security operations teams on investigations, escalations, and threat detection strategies.
Communicate technical findings and security recommendations to customer stakeholders.