Director of Security Operations Salary in Alamogordo, NM

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As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Director of Security Operations in Alamogordo, NM is $171,516. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $149,231 to $194,522, with most professionals earning between $128,943 and $215,468.

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Common responsibilities of a Director of Security Operations

Drive the development, implementation and monitoring of corrective actions identified by key metric analysis and risk quantification.

October 27, 2022

Collaborate with enterprise teams including directors and executive management for risk management and threat assessment in developing robust security operations that support requirements, leverage best practices, and provide for expansion given budgetary constraints as well as availability of data and skilled resources.

November 14, 2022

Maintains regular contact with Local Information Security Personnel and department liaisons to advocate and enforce "best practices" regarding security of data and systems.

March 05, 2023

Assist in the development of cost/benefit analyses for business use cases related to IT related initiatives.

March 14, 2023

Support a high performance culture, ensure appropriate training for engineering staff, provide regular communications to your team and external partners, represent the firm to outside agencies and partner companies as require.

March 23, 2023

Manages large IT projects from initiation through delivery, including oversight of system integration, project and campus communications, interface with vendors, and managing risk.

March 30, 2023

Review proposed cloud, firewall, proxy, and other networking infrastructure changes to determine secure rules, while meeting the needs of the business with a risk-based approach.

April 02, 2023

Understand the concepts and best practices related to application lifecycle process, agile development, secure development, use of cloud, DevOps, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring and automation, change management.

May 02, 2023

Provide leadership in mapping technology, process and scope of innovation projects to the enterprise information security strategy to ensure information security can support the long term growth of enterprise operations.

May 04, 2023

Lead the incident handling process, in accordance with NIST 800-53 and 800-181, managing the full lifecycle of cyber security incidents, ensuring an incident identified, properly categorized for severity, and escalated to the correct teams for containment and eradication.

May 06, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Director of Security Operations in Alamogordo, NM

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What is the average salary for Director of Security Operations in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Director of Security Operations in Alamogordo, NM. The base salary for Director of Security Operations ranges from $149,231 to $194,522 with the average base salary of $171,516. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $163,355 to $237,775 with the average total cash compensation of $197,480.

View Average Salary for Director of Security Operations as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$171,516	$149,231 - $194,522
Bonus	$25,964	$14,124 - $43,253
Total Pay	$197,480	$163,355 - $237,775

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Director of Security Operations Salary Near Alamogordo, NM

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM
CITY, STATE Las Cruces, NM	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $142,205 - $185,363	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM
CITY, STATE El Paso, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $146,332 - $190,743	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM
CITY, STATE Sunland Park, NM	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $146,332 - $190,743	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM
CITY, STATE Roswell, NM	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $146,722 - $191,251	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM
CITY, STATE Hobbs, NM	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $149,348 - $194,675	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM
CITY, STATE Albuquerque, NM	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $157,302 - $205,042	COMPARE TO Alamogordo, NM

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About Alamogordo, New Mexico

As of 2010, Alamogordo had a total area of 19.3 square miles (50.0 km2), all of it land. The city is located at an elevation of 4,336 feet (1,322 m) on the western flank of the Sacramento Mountains and on the eastern edge of the Tularosa Basin. It lies within the Rio Grande rift and in the northernmost part of the Chihuahuan Desert.:36 Tectonic activity is low in the Tularosa Basin. Plants native to the area are typical of the southern New Mexico foothills and include creosote bush, mesquite, saltbush, cottonwood, desert willow, and many species of cactus and yucca. The Tularosa Basin is an en...

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About Alamogordo, New Mexico As of 2010, Alamogordo had a total area of 19.3 square miles (50.0 km2), all of it land. The city is located at an elevation of 4,336 feet (1,322 m) o....More

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