The SOC Manager leads the Security Operations Center's people, processes, and technology to detect, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats across the organization on a 24x7x365 basis. This role owns the SIEM/SOAR platform strategy, drives proactive threat hunting and intelligence integration, and ensures the SOC operates with solid governance, automation, and continuous improvement. The SOC Manager acts as a key crisis leader during security incidents and serves as a trusted communicator to technical teams and executive stakeholders alike.

Key Responsibilities

Security Operations Leadership
- Own and manage 24x7x365 SOC operations, ensuring continuous monitoring, detection, and response coverage across all shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Design and maintain shift schedules, staffing models, and follow-the-sun or on-call rotations to guarantee round-the-clock coverage without gaps.
- Lead the SOC's daily operations, including shift coverage, escalation paths, and performance metrics (MTTD, MTTR, alert volume/quality).




- Define and continuously improve SOC processes, playbooks, and standard operating procedures.
- Set strategic direction for the SOC in alignment with overall security and business objectives.

Incident Response & Crisis Management
- Serve as incident commander for high-severity security incidents, coordinating containment, eradication, and recovery.
- Maintain and regularly test the incident response plan, including tabletop exercises and post-incident reviews.
- Coordinate cross-functional crisis response with IT, legal, communications, and executive leadership as needed.

Threat Detection & Hunting
- Direct proactive threat hunting programs to uncover hidden or emerging threats not caught by existing detections.
- Continuously refine detection logic and use cases based on the evolving threat landscape and lessons learned from incidents.

SIEM/SOAR Management
- Own the SIEM and SOAR platforms end to end, architecture,

📌 Manager - SOC (Bengaluru)
🏢 MRI Software
📍 Bengaluru