IR​/SOC Manager; Security Engineering

Position: IR / SOC Manager (Security Engineering)
About Match Group
Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) is a leading provider of dating products across the globe, operating a portfolio of brands including Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Pairs, Meetic, and more. With hundreds of millions of users worldwide generating billions of interactions daily, our scale demands world‑class security operations.

About the Team
The MG Security Engineering organization provides unified security services across all Match Group brands. The  Monitoring, Incident Response & SOC  team is responsible for real‑time threat detection, investigation, and response across the full portfolio — operating 24/7 to ensure security alerts are effectively triaged and responded to, minimizing the impact of potential threats.

About the Role
As the  Manager, IR / SOC , you will lead the integrated team responsible for  Detection Engineering ,  Security Operations Center (SOC) , and  Incident Response (IR)  across Match Group. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Security Engineering, you will drive the strategic vision of maximizing rapid and accurate threat response capabilities by integrating these three core functions and leveraging AI‑driven innovation.

You will own the detection lifecycle end‑to‑end — from signal engineering and alert tuning through triage, investigation, and incident resolution — while building toward an AI‑augmented SOC model that reduces noise, accelerates response, and scales across a global portfolio.

What You'll Do

Lead and develop  a high‑performing team of SOC analysts, detection engineers, and incident responders operating across multiple time zones with 24/7 coverage

Play a key role in developing the detection engineering framework , contributing to detections‑as‑code (DaC) via Git Ops/CI/CD pipelines for consistency and automated deployment

Drive AI Agentic SOC adoption  — evaluate, select, and implement AI‑driven triage and investigation tooling to maximize SOC efficiency, reduce false positives, and accelerate initial response speed

Manage the full incident lifecycle  — from detection through containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned — partnering with Legal, Communications, Privacy, and Engineering teams

Build and refine detection content  across the SIEM platform, integrating log sources across all MG brands (Tinder, Hinge, Match, E& E, HPCNT, Eureka, and New Bets)

Establish and track SOC metrics and SLAs , creating dashboards to visualize performance, alert fidelity, and response effectiveness

Coordinate and execute IR tabletop exercises  (technical and management‑level) across brands to validate readiness and improve playbooks

Partner with the Red Team  to validate detection capabilities through adversary simulation and assumed‑compromise testing

Collaborate with Platform Security, Infra Sec, and App Sec  teams to identify and close detection gaps across cloud‑native and hybrid environments (AWS, GCP), datacenter infrastructure, endpoints (Crowd Strike), identity (Okta), SaaS, and application layers

Integrate threat intelligence  into detection and response workflows to anticipate and proactively defend against emerging threats

Use automation  to improve detection and response times and mitigate incident impact

$ 170000- $190000 a year

Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job‑related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary range is reflective of Vancouver, Canada. For all other locations, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

Benefits

Mind & Body:
Medical, mental health, and wellness benefits to support your overall health and well‑being

Financial Wellness:
Competitive compensation, 100% employer match on 401k contributions up to 10% (cap at $10,000), as well as an employee stock purchase program to help you feel supported in your financial security

Unplug:
Generous PTO and 14 paid holidays so you can unplug

Career:
Annual training allowance for professional development…