# Security Operations Center Lead at Altera

- Company: Altera
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.altera.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: 2 Locations
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://altera.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Altera/job/Penang-15-Penang-Malaysia/Security-Operations-Center-Lead_R03143
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/altera-security-operations-center-lead/

## About the role

Altera is seeking an experienced and hands-on Security Operations Center Lead to lead and mature our global security monitoring, detection, incident response, and cyber defense capabilities. This role will be responsible for day-to-day SOC operations, alert triage, incident escalation, use case development, playbook execution, threat monitoring, and operational reporting across enterprise IT, cloud, identity, endpoint, network, and application environments.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including significant hands-on experience in security operations, incident response, threat detection, or SOC leadership
- 3+ years of experience leading SOC analysts, incident response teams, managed security operations, or cross-functional cyber defense workflows
- Strong working knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud security monitoring, identity security, email security, network security, and incident response processes
- Demonstrated experience building or improving detection use cases, alert triage workflows, response playbooks, escalation procedures, and SOC metrics
- Experience coordinating investigations involving phishing, malware, endpoint compromise, suspicious authentication, privileged access misuse, data exposure, and cloud security events