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# Cyber Defense Operations Lead

- **Company:** 3M
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $287,281.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Routing, Security Information and Event Management, Cyber Threat Analysis, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Cyber Warfare
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.austinjobsite.com/job.asp?id=3407302580&tx=VT6257TTZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or technology field (completed and verified prior to start)
 * Fifteen (15) years of experience in cyber security in a private, public, government or military environment, * Proven management experience in Security Operations, Cyber Defense, Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Architecture or related cyber operations functions.
 * Strong understanding of SIEM platforms, SOAR, alert management, detection lifecycle management, case management, and incident response workflows.
 * Experience with cloud security telemetry across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
 * Ability to define and improve cyber data quality, ingestion priorities, normalization, routing, retention, and cost management.
 * Experience managing MSSPs, security vendors, and cross-functional delivery partners.
 * Strong written and verbal executive communication skills.
 * Practical understanding of automation, AI-enabled security operations, and the foundational data and workflow requirements needed to support future agentic SOC capabilities

## Description

As the Cyber Defense Operations Lead, you will lead, mature, and transform the Cyber Defense Operations (CDO) function. Drive CDO strategy execution, security monitoring, incident response coordination, detection engineering, SecOps platform operations, MSSP oversight, operational reporting, leadership development, and the innovation roadmap for security monitoring and incident response., * Lead the CDO function and establish clear roles, responsibilities, decision rights, escalation paths, service expectations, and operating rhythms.

 * Oversee monitoring, incident response coordination, detection engineering, SecOps platform operations, and MSSP performance.
 * Owns the CDO 2-year roadmap from current-state operations to a data-driven, automation-enabled, agentic-ready capabilities.
 * Represent CDO requirements in SecOps roadmap decisions, including telemetry quality, case management, reporting, cost management, automation, AI enablement, and future agentic workflows.
 * Partner with IT, cloud, identity, endpoint, legal, privacy, corporate security, enterprise risk, Attack Surface Management, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Digital Investigations, data, and architecture teams.
 * Build, support and manage the team while building a calm, professional, accountable, documented, and innovation-ready culture., All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

Learn more about 3M's creative solutions to the world's problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.


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