Cyber Incident Response Leader

PRI Technology; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 210,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Sign-on bonus

RSUs

Job summary

A leading technology services provider is seeking a Cyber Incident Response Leader in Austin, Texas. This full-time role involves managing cyber security incidents, developing response processes, and leveraging threat intelligence. Ideal candidates will have 8+ years’ experience in cyber security, especially in detection strategies using SIEM tools. Competitive pay and additional bonuses offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cyber security focused on detection and response.
• Proficient with core enterprise infrastructure and security technologies.
• Experience developing detection logic for SIEM systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as escalation for security monitoring and incident response.
• Manage cyber security incidents from identification to remediation.
• Assist in developing detection use cases with security engineering.

Skills

Incident response guidance

Cyber threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Security monitoring triage

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Computer Science

Tools

SIEM systems

DLP technologies

Encryption tools

Firewalls/WAF

Job description

Senior IT Recruiter at PRI Technology

I have a full‑time opportunity as a Cyber Incident Response Leader working for one of our global (70,000+ employees) organizations. As a Cyber Incident Response Leader, you will provide detection, response, and remediation activities to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected.

*** This role reports directly to the Deputy CISO

Responsibilities

• Serving as an escalation point for the organization to provide security monitoring triage and incident response guidance
• Managing cyber security incidents, including identification, analysis, containment, eradication, and remediation
• Assisting in the development of new use cases in detection technologies along with the Security Engineering teams
• Developing incident response processes and procedures to help standardize Detection & Response activities
• Leveraging cyber threat intelligence indicators to help enrich detection and response
• Performing threat hunting activities using data collected from within the environment

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
• Have at least 8 years of experience in cyber security, with a focus on detection and response to malicious activity using log data from systems, network devices, and security tools
• Have experience with core enterprise infrastructure and security-supported technologies including data protection elements such as DLP, tokenization, encryption, endpoint security, and perimeter protection such as firewalls or WAF, SIEMs, IPS/IDS, and managed security services
• Have experience developing detection logic for enterprise SIEM systems and with exploitation techniques and use case development
• Have experience writing procedural documentation (playbooks and runbooks) to serve as job aids for junior analysts
• Have a strong work ethic and a proactive mindset with ability to think “outside of the box” to solve problems
• Have a proven ability to work independently and without regular tasking or direction in completing key tasks and initiatives

Base Pay Range

$210,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr

Additional Compensation Types

Annual Bonus, Sign-on bonus, and RSUs

Contact

[e-mail], 973-732-5454 x27