Sr Manager - Security Operations
Volterra
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
Senior Manager, Security Operations & Incident Response at F5
## Who You’ll Be
You’re a strategic leader who thrives on solving complex security challenges. You combine curiosity, data-driven decision-making, and a relentless drive for improvement to protect people, assets, and privacy across our global footprint.
- Persistent problem-solver who translates privacy and security standards into practical solutions
- Trusted communicator whose peers rely on your guidance and follow your lead
- Self-starter who absorbs context quickly and works with entrepreneurial energy
- Passionate about researching, implementing, and championing security and privacy best practices
- Organized yet flexible—tackling obstacles with a can-do attitude and calm focus under pressure
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## What You’ll Do
### Security Incident Response & Management
- Lead and evolve the global Incident Response program, optimizing processes from detection through post-mortem.
- Partner with US teams to implement an end-to-end IR lifecycle, including triage, criticality determination, remediation, and lessons learned.
- Define and implement improvements in detection, escalation, containment, and resolution through policies, procedures, and runbooks.
### Threat Hunting Program
- Develop strategies and build global Threat Hunting initiatives integrated with Threat Intelligence.
- Mentor staff on advanced tradecraft and best practices for proactive risk identification.
### Security Operations Leadership
- Mentor and grow the 24/7 SOC team, ensuring continuous monitoring, analysis, and response.
- Lead enterprise-wide SecOps projects to enhance IR and Threat Hunting capabilities.
### Process, Policy & Tooling
- Own and mature IR processes, controls, policies, and metrics to ensure operational effectiveness.
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize security tools (SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS) for robust protection and efficiency.
### Stakeholder Communication & Compliance
- Build relationships with executive and cross-functional partners to drive consistency with SecOps standards.
- Communicate security status, risks, and incident reports to leadership and key stakeholders.
- Support internal and external audits to ensure compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and related regulations.
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## What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field
- 15+ years of cybersecurity operations experience, including IR, SOC, SIEM, and forensics (8+ preferred or 6+ with advanced degree)
- Proven track record leading security operations teams and managing Incident Response programs
- Industry certifications in Threat Hunting, Incident Response, or Computer Forensics (or equivalent expertise)
- Mastery of security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC II, PCI, GDPR)
- Hands-on expertise with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management, and cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Strong understanding of the Cyberattack Kill Chain, threat analysis, intelligence, and mitigation strategies
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience authoring detailed security incident reports and making urgent operational decisions under pressure
- Confident, calm, and focused under pressure, with a high sense of urgency to identify and remediate operational risks
- Budget management and vendor relationship experience to optimize security investments
- Self-driven and adaptable, thriving in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment
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## Why You’ll Love F5
At F5, you’ll join a global leader in application security and delivery. You’ll shape defense strategy at scale, collaborate with passionate experts, and grow through clear career paths, continuous training, and mentorship. We reward your impact with competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and perks designed to support your well-being and career growth.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.