Associate Director, Cyber Defense: Incident Response & Forensics

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Wellness days

Company-wide breaks

Job summary

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leader in RNAi therapeutics, seeks an Associate Director of Cyber Defense - Staff Incident Responder in Cambridge, MA. You will lead global investigations, perform forensic analysis, and drive threat hunting with hands-on delivery.

This hybrid role requires shaping detection capabilities, developing incident response playbooks, and mentoring junior responders while coordinating with cross-functional teams to reduce risk across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years in incident response or security operations.
• Hands-on experience across endpoints, cloud, network, and identity.
• Strong scripting and automation to scale investigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cyber investigations and incident response across global environments.
• Perform advanced forensic analysis and threat hunting.
• Translate findings into scalable detection and response improvements.
• Develop incident response playbooks and workflows.
• Improve response speed through automation and tuning.
• Build incident response tooling and integrations.
• Lead post-incident analysis and remediation planning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to reduce enterprise risk.
• Provide mentorship to junior responders and establish best practices.

Skills

Incident response

Digital forensics

Threat hunting

Scripting

MITRE ATT&CK

NIST/CISA

Communication

Tools

Python

Go

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leader in RNAi therapeutics, seeks an Associate Director of Cyber Defense - Staff Incident Responder in Cambridge, MA. You will lead global investigations, perform forensic analysis, and drive threat hunting with hands-on delivery.

This hybrid role requires shaping detection capabilities, developing incident response playbooks, and mentoring junior responders while coordinating with cross-functional teams to reduce risk across the enterprise.