Cybersecurity Engineer – Incident Response, Threat Detection

Job Description: • Lead and support end-to-end incident response activities, including detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery • Monitor, investigate, and correlate security alerts using SIEM, EDR, and forensic tools • Perform digital forensic investigations across endpoints, servers, cloud, and network environments • Triage and escalate security events in accordance with established incident response procedures • Develop, maintain, and continuously improve incident response playbooks, SOPs, and workflows • Improve alert quality and response effectiveness through root cause analysis and post-incident reviews • Partner with IT, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and Risk teams during security incidents • Support regulatory, legal, and client-driven incident response and reporting requirements • Participate in and facilitate incident response tabletop exercises and simulations • Contribute to the design and enhancement of detection, logging, and monitoring capabilities • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior analysts and security team members Requirements: • 1+ years of experience in cybersecurity, incident response, or security operations • Hands-on experience responding to security incidents in enterprise environments • Strong ability to analyze security events and perform technical investigations • Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, firewalls, and proxy technologies • Windows and Linux operating systems • Identity and access systems and authentication mechanisms • Experience using SIEM and security platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, ArcSight, ELK, or similar • Ability to identify and respond to phishing and business email compromise, malware and ransomware, credential compromise, lateral movement, and persistence mechanisms, brute-force and privilege escalation attacks • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Demonstrated ability to follow structured processes while continuously improving them. Benefits: • Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities • Wellness programs • Giving back initiatives