Job Title: Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager Company: Ignite Consults LLC Location: Dallas, TX Employment Type: Contract to Hire

Role Overview: Our client is seeking a Security Operations Manager to lead and coordinate the organization’s Security Operations Center (SOC). This critical role ensures end-to-end visibility, threat detection, incident response, and security event management across a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in cybersecurity operations, real-time incident response, and cross-functional communication. You will play a key role in building a proactive and resilient cybersecurity posture by integrating tools, processes, and people into an optimized operational framework.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead day-to-day SOC operations, ensuring timely threat detection, response, and resolution.

Manage and prioritize incoming security alerts and incident tickets, overseeing triage, resolution, and escalation.

Develop and maintain operational documentation including SOPs, incident response playbooks, and detection workflows.

Coordinate and lead cybersecurity incident response efforts from detection through resolution and post-incident reviews.

Oversee integration and performance of core security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR, IAM, firewalls) to ensure complete visibility and response readiness.

Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to enhance detection capabilities and contextual threat analysis.

Provide regular updates, KPIs, and strategic insights to leadership.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives in line with evolving threats and operational objectives.

This position will be on-call.

Team Scope:

This position may supervise up to three direct reports and will work closely with the Office of the CISO.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience

Experience managing or operating within a Security Operations Center

Hands-on expertise in cloud and infrastructure security, including SaaS environments

Strong familiarity with:

Azure, Active Directory, and Azure AD

Enterprise Identity domains and IAM systems

Remote access security practices

SIEM/SOAR platforms and use-case development

Threat intelligence sources (OSINT)

Incident Response as an Incident Commander

Insider Threat Monitoring

Certifications:

Professional certifications such as CISSP, GIAC or similar are strongly preferred but not required

Required Skills & Abilities

Strong leadership and team management capabilities, including the ability to oversee a 24x7x365 SOC environment

Ability to manage technical delivery and implement process improvements that drive operational excellence

Skilled in developing detection use cases and technical documentation

Capable of developing and executing transition plans for SOC operations (both onboarding and offboarding)

Experience coordinating across multiple SOC teams and integrating workflow automation

Ability to collaborate effectively with law enforcement and explain complex incident details

Experience coordinating with cyber threat intelligence analysts to correlate threat assessment data

Flexible work from home options available.