Team Lead, SOC

Company: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
Location: Flowood
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Healthy Careers Start Here At Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, we encourage professional growth in a challenging and fast-paced atmosphere. Our 'be healthy' culture promotes health and wellness at all levels of the Company, and we provide our employees with the time, tools and resources to commit to a healthy lifestyle. The Security Operations Center (SOC) Team Lead is a vital role guiding our security operations monitoring and incident response programs. This position will be working with a SOC team, triaging, investigating, and prioritizing the analysis of incoming alerts. The SOC Team Lead will be driving critical incident response actions, and remediating threats enterprise-wide. This position will leverage the best-of-breed security solutions in a diverse technology environment. The SOC Team Lead will work closely with the Information Security Team, as well as with Information Technology teams to identify attacks and mitigate risk. The ideal candidate for this position will be hands-on, proactive, and will be expected to be able to communicate effectively, be extremely detailed, and be process focused. Job Specific Requirements - Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar. Minimum 3 years of Information Technology and/or Information Security experience, with experience in vulnerability management and penetration testing. Understanding of threats, attacks, logs, operating systems and key security technology (firewalls, anti-malware, proxies) Strong leadership and communication skills Ability to create and present executive level threat reports Strong time management and multitasking skills as well as attention to detail. Comfortable with impromptu tasking and loosely defined requirements. Excellent oral and written communications skills. Ability to troubleshoot technical and security related issues Understanding of cloud architecture and security principles strongly preferred Cloud security certifications preferred Experience working in a 24/7 environment preferred Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is an Equal opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that is worth approximately one-third of the salary compensation. Our benefits program is among the best in the health care field. We are looking for employees who can bring their experience, expertise and dedication to work for our customers.

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