Hiring: Manager, Security Operations Company: Forward Financing Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:30:22 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Configuration Management, LLM, Python, Ruby, SIEM, SaaS About the job Required Skills: •As Manager, Security Operations, you will defend our infrastructure, SaaS, and endpoints by hiring, growing, and developing a team of high-quality security engineers. •Collaborate closely with cross-functional technical teams, AppSec, and executive stakeholders to advance our AI security strategy and build robust detection controls. •Be the point person to lead incident response as senior Incident Commander, drive cybersecurity risk assessments, and maintain a seamless, hardened security posture against real-world adversaries. •In This Role You Will •While this isn't a zero-to-one build from the ground up, you will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact by evolving detection and response processes to defend our critical infrastructure. •Make a high-impact, hands-on impact: You will have the unique opportunity to lead the advancement of our AI security strategy, evolving our detection tooling and response processes to stay ahead of emerging threats, while owning and tuning our detection/response funnel to defend a critical fintech infrastructure against real-world adversaries. Qualifications: •7 or more years in detection engineering, security operations, or incident response, including team leadership. •Deep familiarity with adversary TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK), event correlation, and high-signal detection design. •Applied hands-on capability in EDR/SIEM platforms and detection-as-code practices. •Incident command experience: triage, containment, forensics, and stakeholder communication under pressure. •Demonstrated capacity to communicate risk and priorities crisply to engineers and executives. •Cloud control-plane monitoring and identity threat detection (AWS). •Scripting/automation in Python, Ruby, or Go. •Typically has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree, or equivalent industry experience. •It Would Be Nice If You Also Had •Red-team exposure — you think like an attacker. Compensation: •$172,000 - $237,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!