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Cyber Defense Operations Lead
3M Company · 🇺🇸 US, Texas, Austin
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship unlikely
Something in the evidence works against sponsorship — see below before you invest time.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Existing work authorization requiredFrom the posting’s own wording.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — 3M Company
The US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description: Cyber Defense Operations Lead Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. The Impact You Will Make in this Role: 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. Key Responsibilities: • 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. Your Skills and Expertise: To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: • 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 Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: • 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 Work location: Austin, TX - Onsite Relocation Assistance: Yes Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status). Supporting Your Well-being 3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. Chat with Max For assistance with