Director - SOC Monitoring CPX

Job Description

Role Summary

AI-Driven Security Operations Leadership

• Develop and execute the enterprise AI-enabled SOC strategy and roadmap.
• Lead transformation initiatives toward an AI-Augmented / Autonomous SOC operating model.
• Implement AI and ML capabilities for:
• + Threat detection
• + Behavioral analytics
• + Anomaly detection
• + Predictive risk scoring
• + Automated triage
• + Intelligent alert correlation
• Drive adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) security copilots to improve analyst productivity and incident investigation efficiency.
• Establish governance, risk controls, and ethical usage standards for AI within cyber operations.
• Evaluate emerging AI cybersecurity technologies and lead strategic adoption initiatives.

SOC Operations & Incident Response

• Lead 24x7 enterprise SOC operations across detection, investigation, response, recovery, and escalation management.
• Oversee SOC analysts, threat hunters, detection engineers, incident responders, and automation engineers.
• Direct major cyber incident response activities including ransomware, APTs, insider threats, cloud compromises, and AI-enabled attacks.
• Ensure rapid containment and remediation through AI-assisted response workflows and SOAR orchestration.

AI Security & Emerging Threat Defense

• Develop capabilities to detect and mitigate:
• + AI-generated phishing attacks
• + Deepfake-enabled social engineering
• + LLM abuse and prompt injection attacks
• + Adversarial AI threats
• + AI model exploitation
• + Data poisoning and model manipulation risks
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineering teams to secure enterprise AI systems and models.
• Establish monitoring and security controls for enterprise GenAI platforms and AI-powered applications.

Security Engineering & Automation

• Oversee AI-integrated security technologies including:
• + SIEM
• + SOAR
• + UEBA
• + EDR/XDR
• + AI threat intelligence platforms
• + Cloud-native security analytics
• Lead SOC automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement of detection engineering and telemetry optimization.

Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting

• Lead AI-assisted threat hunting and proactive cyber defense operations.
• Integrate threat intelligence feeds with AI analytics platforms for predictive detection capabilities.
• Leverage MITRE ATT&CK and behavioral analytics to identify emerging attack patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience with 5+ years leading enterprise SOC operations.
• Proven experience implementing AI/ML technologies in cybersecurity operations environments.
• Strong expertise in:
• + AI-driven SOC platforms
• + SIEM/SOAR
• + EDR/XDR
• + Threat intelligence
• + Cloud security
• + Detection engineering

• Threat Intelligence Platforms

• Python, automation scripting, APIs
• Machine Learning & AI analytics frameworks
• MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience with security automation and orchestration.
• Knowledge of AI security risks, adversarial AI, and GenAI security considerations.
• Strong leadership, crisis management, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or Information Assurance.
• Industry certifications such as:
• + CISSP
• + CISM
• + GIAC
• + GCIH
• + GCFA
• + Microsoft Security certifications
• + Cloud security certifications
• Experience with:
• + GenAI security governance
• + LLM security
• + Autonomous SOC technologies
• + AI copilots for SecOps
• + Cloud-native SOC architectures

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