Vice President - Security Operations Center and Cyber Defense

About the role

The Vice President of Security Operations Center (SOC) at Saviynt is responsible for leading and evolving the organization’s global cyber defense capabilities. This role owns 24/7 security operations, threat detection and response, threat hunting, and incident response. The VP SOC will define the cyber defense strategy, ensure rapid and effective response to security incidents, and provide clear, risk-based insights to executive leadership and the board.

What you'll do

• Lead and continuously mature a 24/7 global Security Operations Center (SOC) to detect, analyze, and respond to cyber threats in real time
• Serve as Incident Commander for incidents including global coverage. Direct overall IR activities
• Ensure high-fidelity alerting, reduced false positives, and measurable improvements in detection and response effectiveness (MTTD, MTTR)
• Develop and execute a Threat Hunting strategy to proactively identify advanced, stealthy, and persistent threats before escalation
• Drive adversary-focused detection aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND, threat intelligence, and real-world attack patterns

What you need

• 15–27 yrs of experience
• Incident response
• SIEM
• EDR
• Cloud security
• AWS
• GCP
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA or M.Sc

Good to have

• CISSP
• CISM
• Azure
• Root cause analysis
• Talent management