Chief Information Security & Incident Response

Athena PH; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Athena is seeking a Head of InfoSec Operations to lead the day-to-day cybersecurity operations, monitoring, incident response, and client-facing security assurance. The role requires hands-on expertise and cross-functional collaboration across IT, DevOps, Product, Legal, and Sales to balance security with business velocity.

The ideal candidate will drive vulnerability management, threat detection, and security tooling strategies while communicating risk and remediation plans to executives and

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cybersecurity or related fields.
• 3-5+ years in security operations leadership or management.
• Hands-on incident response, monitoring, threat detection and investigations.
• Experience securing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Controls, ITIL or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead security operations, monitoring, incident response and remediation.
• Act as incident commander for major cybersecurity incidents and post-incident reviews.
• Own the incident response process, playbooks, escalation and readiness exercises.
• Oversee vulnerability management, testing and remediation coordination with Eng/DevOps/IT.
• Provide client security assurance, questionnaires, due diligence, and vendor risk reviews.
• Collaborate with IT, DevOps, Eng, Legal, Compliance, Sales and Customer Success.

Skills

Incident response

Threat detection

Vulnerability management

Security monitoring

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

XDR

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Security certifications (CISSP/CISM)

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

XDR

Cloud security tools

Job description

Athena is seeking a Head of InfoSec Operations to lead the day-to-day cybersecurity operations, monitoring, incident response, and client-facing security assurance. The role requires hands-on expertise and cross-functional collaboration across IT, DevOps, Product, Legal, and Sales to balance security with business velocity.

The ideal candidate will drive vulnerability management, threat detection, and security tooling strategies while communicating risk and remediation plans to executives and