Senior Cyber Defense Operations Lead

BRP; Santiago de Querétaro; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

BRP in Mexico is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Operations Specialist to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats across the IT environment.

You will lead incident response, tune security controls, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with manufacturing teams on secure practices.

This role requires strong experience in SIEM, IAM, EDR, and OT/ICS security, with English proficiency and a track record on production floors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 6+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Technical and conversational English proficiency.
• Experience working on manufacturing production floors.

Responsibilities

• Implement and tune advanced security controls (Firewalls, SIEM, IAM, EDR).
• Conduct security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments for new projects.
• Lead incident response for data breaches and network compromises.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and Trainees/Interns.
• Consult cross-functionally with development and IT teams on secure coding and infrastructure practices.
• Make independent technical decisions regarding system configurations, tool deployments, and risk mitigations.
• Act as Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for specific security domains or implementations.
• Have operational authority to isolate compromised IT systems, block malicious traffic, or halt unsafe deployments.
• Architect and manage the IDMZ at Purdue Level 3.5.
• Deploy and benchmark edge firewalls for industrial protocol inspection.
• Map operational threats using MITRE ATT&CK for ICS framework.
• Execute non-disruptive, highly controlled vulnerability assessments during plant downtimes.

Skills

Network defense

Threat modeling

Incident response

Cloud security

Automation

Compliance frameworks

OT/ICS security

MITRE ATT&CK

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization & urgency

Education

Bachelor’s degree related to the area

Tools

SIEM

MDR

IAM

VM

Job description

BRP in Mexico is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Operations Specialist to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats across the IT environment.

You will lead incident response, tune security controls, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with manufacturing teams on secure practices.

This role requires strong experience in SIEM, IAM, EDR, and OT/ICS security, with English proficiency and a track record on production floors.