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(Urgent) Director – Head of Security Operations Center

(Urgent) Director – Head of Security Operations Center

MindsprintIndia
15 hours ago
Job description

Position : Director – Head of Security Operations Center

Location : Chennai

Key Competencies :

  • Strategic Vision – Ability to align SOC service evolution with MSSP business objectives.
  • Technical Skills – Deep understanding of modern detection and response tools, automation, and integration frameworks.
  • Client Orientation – Skilled in stakeholder engagement, reporting, and service quality management.
  • Operational Excellence – Expertise in building scalable 24x7 operations with consistent quality.
  • Leadership – Strong people management, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration abilities.
  • Innovation – Aptitude for evaluating and operationalizing emerging SOC technologies.
  • Deep understanding of modern detection and response tools, automation, and integration frameworks.
  • Communication – Ability to present complex technical insights to executives and clients clearly and effectively.
  • Responsible for driving execution of daily, weekly, and monthly metrics for statistical threats and KPIs.
  • Coordinate with global stakeholders along with the Senior management during contingency scenarios / high severity incidents to ensure responsive actions are communicated in timely manner.

Profile Description :

  • 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, with at least 5 years in SOC or MSSP leadership.
  • Proven experience managing multi-tenant SOC environments with diverse customer infrastructures.
  • Hands-on expertise in :
  • Splunk Enterprise Security (use case design, data onboarding, SPL optimization).
  • Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR (playbook automation, integration management, case handling).
  • Google SecOps (Chronicle + SOAR) (rule development, analytics, log pipelines).
  • Strong understanding of SIEM / SOAR architectures, EDR, NDR, cloud telemetry, and threat intel integration.
  • Experience defining and managing SOC SLAs, client KPIs, and service delivery metrics.
  • Key Responsibilities :

    Leadership and Operations Management

  • Lead and manage SOC functions comprising Detection, Incident Response, and SOC Engineering teams across multiple shifts and geographies.
  • Define and enforce SOC service delivery models, operating procedures, and SLAs aligned with client contracts.
  • Oversee day-to-day SOC operations for multiple customers with varying environments (on-prem, cloud, hybrid).
  • Ensure effective handover, escalation, and quality assurance across all shifts.
  • Drive KPIs for detection coverage, mean time to detect / respond (MTTD / MTTR), and client satisfaction.
  • Incident Response and Threat Management

  • Oversee the end-to-end incident lifecycle : detection, triage, containment, eradication, and recovery.
  • Establish and maintain client-specific runbooks, escalation matrices, and response playbooks.
  • Guide major incident response efforts and lead investigations for high-severity or high-impact events.
  • Ensure timely communication and coordination with client security teams during incidents.
  • Client Engagement and Risk Reporting

  • Serve as the primary SOC interface for strategic customer engagements.
  • Prepare and deliver executive risk reports, incident summaries, and detection coverage dashboards to client management teams.
  • Translate complex technical risks into actionable business insights for diverse client audiences.
  • Technology and Engineering Excellence

  • Provide technical direction for SIEM / SOAR / Threat Intelligence stack optimization and automation.
  • Lead the design and maintenance of multi-tenant architectures ensuring data segregation, scalability, and compliance.
  • Direct the automation of repetitive analyst tasks through playbooks and integrations in Cortex XSOAR.
  • Evaluate and implement emerging technologies in AI-driven detection, UEBA, threat intelligence correlation, and SOAR orchestration.
  • Maintain governance for log ingestion, parser accuracy, and retention policies across client environments.
  • Innovation and Technology Evaluation

  • Continuously assess and pilot next-generation tools in SIEM, SOAR, Threat Intel, and AI / ML-based detection.
  • Build business cases and lead proofs of concept (POCs) for promising platforms and integrations.
  • Foster a culture of experimentation, automation, and measurable improvement within the SOC.
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