Senior Security Operations Manager
Pure StorageSanta Clara, California
Full Time
Posted November 20, 2025
$187k - $299k
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Job Description
This role involves leading and developing the Security Operations function focused on Attack Surface Management, integrating discovery, detection, secrets monitoring, and posture governance to provide real-time risk insights and reduce exposures across hybrid environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and evolve the Security Operations SecOps function for Attack Surface Management (ASM), integrating discovery, detection, secrets monitoring, and posture governance.
- Build, lead, and grow a team responsible for asset inventory, secrets hygiene, and vulnerability context.
- Operate and tune the ASM stack including tools like runZero, Tenable, Obsidian, CrowdStrike, and Zscaler.
- Integrate ASM data into detection pipelines such as Splunk, SOAR, and real-time telemetry systems.
- Partner with incident response and other security teams to incorporate ASM insights into IR playbooks and detection triggers.
- Prioritize vulnerability remediation based on exploitability, business risk, and threat intelligence.
- Support remediation efforts through automation or collaboration with infrastructure, application security, and SaaS owners.
- Maintain and enforce security posture across SaaS applications and cloud environments using tools like Obsidian and CASB.
- Monitor and enforce Zero Trust access controls and user behavior policies.
- Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reports to track posture improvements and communicate risk to stakeholders.
Requirements
- 10 years in cybersecurity, with 5 years in technical leadership or people management roles
- Demonstrated experience leading high-performing teams across security engineering, posture, and operations
- Deep expertise operating a security stack including EDR (e.g., CrowdStrike), Vulnerability Management (e.g., Tenable.io), Asset Discovery (e.g., runZero), SSPM (e.g., Obsidian), Security SIEM (e.g., Splunk), SOAR (e.g., Cortex XSOAR, Tines), Zero Trust DLP CASB (e.g., Zscaler ZIA, ZDX)
- Hands-on experience remediating risks across Linux, Windows, macOS, and cloud-native platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell
- Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, CIS Top 18, NIST 800-53, and mapping posture to controls
- Experience driving accountability across Infrastructure, Cloud, Product Security, IAM, GRC, and Incident Response
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convert security telemetry into executive and engineering insights
- Work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with company policies (in-office environment required)
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 187,000 - 299,000 USD annually
Work in an in-office environment in Santa Clara, CA
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Potential eligibility for incentive pay and equity
Inclusive and diverse workplace culture
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