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About the Role

The NFL Cybersecurity Operations team safeguards the organization's digital assets through continuous monitoring, rapid incident response, and proactive threat management. This role will lead the Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC), transforming it into a proactive, intelligence-led, and highly automated cyber defense program.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations and strategic direction of the 24/7/365 Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC).
• Lead incident response activities for high-priority cybersecurity events and oversee post-incident reviews and continuous improvement.
• Expand proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence, behavioral analytics, and AI-assisted investigations.
• Define and deliver the future state of cybersecurity operations, ensuring rapid threat detection, investigation, and response.
• Collaborate with third-party security providers and managed security service providers (MSSPs) to optimize service delivery.
• Support major business events and critical operations by ensuring continuous monitoring and rapid incident response.
• Develop and execute the strategic roadmap for a modern Cybersecurity Operations Center built on automation, orchestration, AI, and agentic AI.
• Define the future operating model for security operations, balancing human expertise with autonomous security capabilities.
• Champion continuous modernization initiatives that improve resilience, scalability, and analyst effectiveness.
• Develop and execute the roadmap for a modern, AI-enabled SOC focused on automation, orchestration, and continuous operational improvement.
• Develop playbooks and orchestrated workflows using SOAR technologies.
• Leverage agentic AI and machine learning to automate analyst tasks, improve triage accuracy, alert enrichment, response actions, and accelerate investigations.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate operational inefficiencies through intelligent automation and workflow optimization.
• Sponsor development of automation playbooks and integrations across the cybersecurity technology stack.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing cybersecurity operations team.
• Lead Security Operations, Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Security Automation teams.
• Establish KPIs that measure operational maturity, automation effectiveness, analyst productivity, detection quality, and response performance.
• Drive continuous improvement in Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), Mean Time to Respond (MTTR), alert fidelity, and analyst capacity.
• Drive integration and optimization of SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Identity Security, Cloud Security, Email Security, and Network Security.
• Build detection engineering capabilities that continuously improves visibility across the enterprise.
• Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologies and recommend investments.
• Present cybersecurity operational maturity, modernization progress, and risk metrics to executive leadership.
• Partner with cybersecurity architecture, security engineering and IT teams to operationalize new security technologies.
• Work with Information Security Office leadership team to develop multi-year investment strategies for cybersecurity operations technologies and workforce transformation.
• Partner with business leaders to align cybersecurity operations with organizational objectives and enterprise resilience.
• Build and mentor a high-performing cybersecurity operations organization capable of operating an AI-enabled SOC.
• Develop new skills within the team around automation engineering, AI-assisted investigations, detection engineering, and advanced threat hunting.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• 8-10+ years professional experience in cybersecurity, network engineering or large-scale enterprise IT operations.
• At least 3-5+ years in a dedicated management or leadership role.
• Hands-on background in incident response, risk management, security architecture, and Security Operations Center (SOC) optimization.
• Direct supervisory responsibilities of contract employees and/or managed security services.
• Travel domestically and internationally is required for this position (approximately 15%-20%).

Skills

• Technical expertise in cybersecurity tools, technologies, and security strategies.
• Advanced knowledge of AI, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and Next-Gen Firewalls.
• Advanced technical skills that can shift from daily hands-on to architecture design, technical and defensive engineering.
• Cyber Threat Management & Hunting using advanced threat intelligence frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence integrations.
• Strong understanding of network and systems both hybrid-cloud security (AWS, Azure,) and on-premises infrastructure.
• Forensic understanding to guide analysts and preserve strict chains of custody for legal teams.
• Confident, self-motivated, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interface with, and gain the respect of, stakeholders at all levels of NFL.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong decision-making capabilities.
• Calm under pressure during high-stress cyber events.
• An understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient service.
• An understanding of organizational mission, values and goals and consistent application of this knowledge.

Location

• Onsite

Work Type

• Onsite
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior Manager
• 8-10+ years professional experience
• 3-5+ years in a dedicated management or leadership role

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree (B.S. or B.A.) in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar required.
• Master’s degree (M.S. in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or an MBA with an IT/Security concentration) is strongly preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• $175,000—$195,000 USD

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits offerings

About the Company

• The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base.
• NFL Core Values: Respect, Integrity, Team Responsibility, Resiliency.
• NFL Leadership Attributes: Build Talent, Execute, Inspire, Live Our Values, Know the Business, Think Big.
• Talent Attributes: Enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude, grit, free from ego or entitlement, relationship builder, eager learner, driven by passion, incredible work ethic with an agile mindset.

Equal Opportunity

• The NFL provides an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.