Massmutual Center Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
MassMutual is a company focused on cybersecurity within its Cyber Fusion Center, and they are seeking a Director of the US Security Operations Center. In this role, you will lead the SOC team responsible for threat detection, monitoring, and incident response across the organization, ensuring operational excellence and strategic direction.
Responsibilities:
• Oversee all US SOC operations, ensuring alignment with MassMutual’s cybersecurity strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Review SOC metrics, staffing needs, and budget requirements with security leadership.
• Lead the response to cybersecurity events and critical incidents, ensuring appropriate analysis, prioritization, escalation, and communications.
• Ensure structured and consistent incident handling processes across all SOC tiers.
• Act as the escalation and communication liaison with senior leadership and other critical stakeholders.
• Ensure timely, risk‑aware decisions and clear communication of incident impacts and recommended actions.
• Partner with Detection Engineering and Security Platforms to optimize SIEM/SOAR alerting logic, tuning, and playbook development.
• Expand automation to improve analyst efficiency and response consistency.
• Guide analyst growth through training, mentorship, certifications, and hands‑on exercises.
• Foster a culture rooted in MassMutual values of inclusion, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, including SOC leadership, threat detection, and incident response.
• 2+ years of experience leading large, US distributed technical teams in high-pressure operational environments.
• Flexibility to support off hours and weekends on call
Preferred:
• Experience running or modernizing enterprise-scale SOC operations within financial services.
• Expertise with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, cloud-native security tools, and emerging GenAI-enabled SOC capabilities.
• Deep technical understanding of cyber threats, attacker TTPs, malware analysis, and security detection technologies.
• Experience collaborating with audit, compliance, risk management, and external regulatory partners.
• Demonstrated success developing cybersecurity playbooks, workflows, and readiness exercises.
• Strong executive-level communication and reporting skills.
Company:
MassMutual is a mutual life insurance company that provides investment management and trust services. Founded in 1851, the company is headquartered in Springfield, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.