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Security Operations Lead jobs are open across financial services, healthcare, government contracting, and technology, from analyst-level promotions to senior and director-adjacent roles, with specializations in threat detection, incident response, and security program management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Security & Compliance Operations Lead, Global Operations Responsibilities:
- Lead and evolve a multi-year security strategy for Global Operations' vendor workforce, prioritized by risk and business impact, and the skills and roles the function needs as it grows
- Represent Global Operations with Security, Legal, Privacy and vendor executive leadership, framing risk and driving decisions on trade-offs
- Lead cross-functional security governance, including the executive review cadence, that gives leaders a holistic, data-informed view of cumulative risk, informs launch decisions and keeps accountability for risk acceptance and mitigation clear
- Direct the design of durable, scalable controls across identity and access, tooling, data protection, devices and physical environments, while responding quickly as new risks emerge
- Evolve the security standards vendors are held to, making sure assurance outcomes drive continuous improvement
- Partner with Security, Threat Intelligence and Legal to lead the strategy for incident preparedness, response and insider risk, using data to identify emerging threats so teams can continuously evolve their playbooks
- Champion security in how operations run, how workflows and tools are designed and launched, workforce model and site decisions, and security awareness across the vendor workforce and operations teams
- Anticipate emerging risk, including from AI tools used by vendors and workers, and apply automation and AI to advance how controls are monitored
- Lead and evolve how risk exposure, incident impact and mitigation effectiveness are measured, guiding leadership decisions on investment across tooling, process and vendor strategy
- Grow security expertise across the team and partner organizations through mentoring and shared practices
Minimum Qualifications:
- 15+ years in information security, risk management or compliance, including leading large cross-functional security or risk programs
- Experience building and evolving a security, risk or compliance function in a large, fast-moving organization, including strategy, governance, controls, assurance and reporting
- Experience in third-party or vendor risk management, including outsourced or contingent workforce environments
- Working knowledge across identity and access management, endpoint and device security, data protection, physical security, incident management and insider risk
- Experience building risk measurement and reporting across multiple data sources to inform executive decisions
- Experience advising and influencing VP and C-suite stakeholders with data-driven recommendations, and leading teams to outcomes without direct authority
- Experience working across regions and time zones with globally distributed teams and partners
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience using automation or AI for continuous control monitoring and assurance
- Experience in financial services, payments, large-scale outsourced operations or trust and safety
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Experience working with threat intelligence or investigations teams
- Experience with AI governance and responsible AI practices, including assessing risk in AI-enabled tools
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Experience managing people and growing teams
- Experience managing legal, regulatory or media escalations arising from security incidents
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.
$174,000/year to $244,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.
Security & Compliance Operations Lead, Global Operations Responsibilities:
- Lead and evolve a multi-year security strategy for Global Operations' vendor workforce, prioritized by risk and business impact, and the skills and roles the function needs as it grows
- Represent Global Operations with Security, Legal, Privacy and vendor executive leadership, framing risk and driving decisions on trade-offs
- Lead cross-functional security governance, including the executive review cadence, that gives leaders a holistic, data-informed view of cumulative risk, informs launch decisions and keeps accountability for risk acceptance and mitigation clear
- Direct the design of durable, scalable controls across identity and access, tooling, data protection, devices and physical environments, while responding quickly as new risks emerge
- Evolve the security standards vendors are held to, making sure assurance outcomes drive continuous improvement
- Partner with Security, Threat Intelligence and Legal to lead the strategy for incident preparedness, response and insider risk, using data to identify emerging threats so teams can continuously evolve their playbooks
- Champion security in how operations run, how workflows and tools are designed and launched, workforce model and site decisions, and security awareness across the vendor workforce and operations teams
- Anticipate emerging risk, including from AI tools used by vendors and workers, and apply automation and AI to advance how controls are monitored
- Lead and evolve how risk exposure, incident impact and mitigation effectiveness are measured, guiding leadership decisions on investment across tooling, process and vendor strategy
- Grow security expertise across the team and partner organizations through mentoring and shared practices
Minimum Qualifications:
- 15+ years in information security, risk management or compliance, including leading large cross-functional security or risk programs
- Experience building and evolving a security, risk or compliance function in a large, fast-moving organization, including strategy, governance, controls, assurance and reporting
- Experience in third-party or vendor risk management, including outsourced or contingent workforce environments
- Working knowledge across identity and access management, endpoint and device security, data protection, physical security, incident management and insider risk
- Experience building risk measurement and reporting across multiple data sources to inform executive decisions
- Experience advising and influencing VP and C-suite stakeholders with data-driven recommendations, and leading teams to outcomes without direct authority
- Experience working across regions and time zones with globally distributed teams and partners
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience using automation or AI for continuous control monitoring and assurance
- Experience in financial services, payments, large-scale outsourced operations or trust and safety
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Experience working with threat intelligence or investigations teams
- Experience with AI governance and responsible AI practices, including assessing risk in AI-enabled tools
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Experience managing people and growing teams
- Experience managing legal, regulatory or media escalations arising from security incidents
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.
$174,000/year to $244,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Insurance
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in security operations lead jobs.
- Five or more years of experience in security operations or a closely related discipline
- Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Demonstrated ability to lead incident response efforts and manage cross-functional escalation
- CISSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+ certification, with one or more held at time of application
- Familiarity with frameworks including NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and ISO 27001
- Experience building or managing a SOC team, including shift scheduling and analyst mentorship
Tips for Your Security Operations Lead Job Search
Tailor your resume to incident command
Security operations lead roles expect you to own incidents end to end. Highlight specific playbooks you authored, escalation frameworks you built, and how your team's mean time to respond improved under your coordination, not just the tools you used.
List certifications in the right order
CISSP, CISM, and Security+ carry different weight depending on the employer. Government contractors weight CISSP heavily, while commercial employers often prioritize CISM. Place the cert most relevant to the posting first so recruiters see it immediately.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists security operations lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that match your SIEM stack
Employers rarely retrain leads on a new SIEM from scratch. If you have deep Splunk experience, prioritize postings that name Splunk explicitly. Applying against a shop running a tool you have only surface-level exposure to adds friction you don't need.
Prepare for a technical panel plus leadership round
Most security operations lead interviews run two rounds: a threat scenario or tabletop exercise with the security team, then a leadership conversation with a director or CISO. Practice talking through how you communicate during an active incident with non-technical stakeholders, not just how you detect threats.
Negotiate scope before discussing compensation
Before accepting an offer, clarify team size, on-call rotation structure, and whether the role owns vendor relationships or just executes on them. These factors affect your workload and career growth far more than a small base difference, and they're negotiable at the offer stage.
Security Operations Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most security operations leads?
The most active employers for security operations leads right now are Meta, GardaWorld Cash, and McCarthy Holdings, and the most openings are in Texas, Virginia, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Government contractors and financial services firms consistently post the highest volume of these roles.
How many security operations lead jobs are remote?
About 62% of security operations lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies significantly by industry. Threat intelligence coordination and policy-focused roles tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions requiring direct oversight of on-site SOC analysts are more likely to require in-person presence at least part of the week.
How do you become a security operations lead?
Most security operations leads move up from SOC analyst or senior analyst roles after demonstrating consistent incident ownership and analyst mentorship. Earning a certification such as CISSP or CISM signals readiness for a leadership title. Building experience with SIEM tuning, playbook development, and cross-team communication during incidents fills the remaining gap most hiring managers look for before promoting or hiring into a lead role.
Can you get a security operations lead job with limited leadership experience?
Yes, especially if you can point to informal leadership you have already done. Candidates who have trained junior analysts, led after-hours incident calls, or owned a detection improvement project without a formal title often move into lead roles with the right employer. Focus your resume on outcomes you drove for a team, not just individual technical contributions, and target mid-size companies where the path from senior analyst to lead is shorter.
What does the security operations lead interview process look like?
Most employers run a recruiter screen followed by a technical round with the security team, then a final round with a director or CISO. The technical round often includes a tabletop exercise or threat scenario where you walk through how you would triage, communicate, and contain an incident. Leadership interviews focus on how you structure shift coverage, handle analyst burnout, and report upward to executives who are not technical.
Where can I find and apply to security operations lead jobs?
You can find and apply to security operations lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience level, specialization, and preferred location, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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