Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in Mount Pleasant, SC

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced and strategic cybersecurity leader to serve as our Sr. Manager of Cyber Threat Detection and Response. This role is responsible for leading detection engineering, threat monitoring, incident response coordination, and continuous improvement of security operations capabilities across the enterprise. The ideal candidate brings strong people leadership, deep technical expertise, and a proven ability to translate threat intelligence and operational data into effective detection and response outcomes.

What you'll do:

• Lead and develop the cyber threat detection and response function, including analysts, detection engineers, and incident responders.
• Define and execute the roadmap for threat detection, alert tuning, threat hunting, and response process maturity.
• Oversee MSSP and internal development and optimization of high-fidelity detections across SIEM, EDR, identity, cloud, email, and network telemetry sources.
• Translate threat intelligence, adversary techniques, and incident learnings into actionable detection content mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Direct incident response activities for high-priority cybersecurity events, including triage, containment, investigation, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
• Partner closely with security engineering, infrastructure, cloud, legal, HR, privacy, and business stakeholders to improve readiness and response coordination.
• Establish and monitor metrics such as mean time to detect, mean time to respond, and control effectiveness.
• Drive automation and orchestration initiatives that improve investigation speed, response consistency, and analyst efficiency.
• Maintain and mature playbooks, runbooks, escalation procedures, and executive reporting processes.
• Support audits, compliance activities, tabletop exercises, and security program reviews related to detection and response capabilities.

What we'll expect you to have:

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with significant experience in threat detection, security operations, incident response, or threat hunting.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing technical security teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong experience with security platforms such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, email security, identity monitoring, and cloud security tooling.
• Deep understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, as well as detection engineering concepts and incident response methodologies.
• Experience building or maturing operational processes, dashboards, metrics, and cross-functional escalation models.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to brief both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, CIS Controls, and incident handling best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading security operations in cloud-first or hybrid enterprise environments.
• Hands-on familiarity with detection-as-code, automation, and threat-informed defense practices.
• Knowledge of digital forensics, malware triage, insider threat monitoring, or purple team collaboration.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, GCED, CISM, or similar.
• Experience in environments with complex audit and compliance requirements.

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Benefits Include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Remote-flexible workforce

• Wellness Programs

• 401(k) program with employer match

• Flexible paid time off

• Generous Parental Leave

• Donations for Doers

• Pet insurance, legal and identity protection

• Tuition reimbursement program