Security Operations Manager

Northwood Space
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Business OperationsExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Problem-solving"]

Lead Northwood's security operations function, standing up a SOC, incident response, and threat hunting programs for mission-critical, dual-use infrastructure. Build detection content across SIEM/EDR, tailor analytics for aerospace/defense, and work with government customers. Manage on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring regulatory compliance and robust defense.

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Northwood Space
Northwood Space
3 months ago

Security Operations Manager

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Job Summary

Lead Northwood's security operations function, standing up a SOC, incident response, and threat hunting programs for mission-critical, dual-use infrastructure. Build detection content across SIEM/EDR, tailor analytics for aerospace/defense, and work with government customers. Manage on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring regulatory compliance and robust defense.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Operations
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and operate Northwood's SOC function, including continuous monitoring of security events across AWS GovCloud, GCC, on-premises facilities, and endpoint environments.
  • •Own alert triage, investigation, and escalation workflows, ensuring critical threats are identified and actioned with the urgency required of a mission-critical environment.
  • •Monitor and analyze telemetry across network security, identity, endpoint, and email security platforms, ensuring visibility into on-premises, cloud, and perimeter environments.
  • •Develop and maintain SOC operational metrics, reporting cadences, and dashboards for internal stakeholders and government customers.
  • •Hire, mentor, and develop security operations analysts and engineers as the team scales.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of hands-on SOC operations, incident response, or threat hunting with technical leadership experience.
  • •Hands-on experience building and operating SIEM platforms with custom detection rule development and log onboarding.
  • •Experience with EDR platforms, including alert triage, policy management, and forensic investigation workflows.
  • •Digital forensics and malware analysis proficiency using tools such as Volatility and YARA.
  • •Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash for security automation and threat hunting workflows.
Experience:5+ yearsCybersecurityGovernmentAerospaceDefense
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solving
Certifications:GCIHGCFAGNFA
Tech Stack:SIEMEDRVolatilityYARAPythonPowerShellBashUEBAMITRE ATT&CK

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

Northwood Space
Builds modern, scalable ground infrastructure and phased-array antenna systems to improve satellite-to-Earth communications, providing rapidly deployable ground stations and networking for commercial and government space missions.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2023
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