Cyber Operations Engineer (IR) - Global Industrial

Genuine Parts Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Parts Company is seeking a Cyber Defense Engineer II to work across cloud security, IAM, infrastructure protection, cyber recovery, DR engineering, application security, DevSecOps, security tooling and automation, and data loss prevention. This role conducts day-to-day Cyber Defense Engineering activities within their domain.

The role collaborates on threat hunting, incident response, disaster recovery testing, and SOP/documentation development while operating in a lean team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field and 3–5 years of related experience.
• Certifications relevant to security (e.g., CISSP, CISM) preferred.
• Experience with SIEM platforms and log data analysis.
• Experience with EDR, content filtering, and cyber asset monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Supports proactive threat hunting activities, forming hypotheses and investigating anomalies across the environment.
• Operates threat intelligence feeds to drive hunting priorities and detection improvements.
• Participates in security operations center monitoring, incident response, and insider risk investigations as part of shared team coverage.
• Supports cyber recovery execution and managed service oversight as needed to ensure team-wide coverage.
• Documents and maintains SOPs and playbooks for threat hunting and detection processes.
• Participates in the security on-call rotation as needed.
• Supports cyber recovery activities and disaster recovery testing exercises.

Skills

Threat hunting

SIEM experience

EDR knowledge

Log analysis

Analytical skills

Incident response

Lean team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field

Tools

SIEM platforms

EDR tools

Content filtering systems

Cyber asset management tools

Job description

SUMMARY:

Under general supervision the Cyber Defense Engineer II will work across cloud security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), infrastructure protection, cyber recovery, Disaster Recovery (DR) engineering, application security, DevSecOps, security tooling and automation, and data loss prevention. This role executes day-to-day Cyber Defense Engineering activities within their assigned domain.

JOB DUTIES

• Supports proactive threat hunting activities, forming hypotheses and investigating anomalies across the environment.
• Consumes and operationalizes threat intelligence feeds, translating findings into hunting priorities and detection improvements.
• Participates in security operations center monitoring, incident response, and insider risk investigations as part of shared team coverage.
• Supports cyber recovery execution and managed service oversight as needed to ensure team-wide coverage.
• Documents and maintains findings, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and playbooks for threat hunting and detection processes.
• Participates in the security on-call rotation as needed.
• Supports execution of cyber recovery activities, including operational technology recovery procedures and disaster recovery testing exercises.
• performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field and three (3) to five (5) years of related experience or equivalent experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Relevant certifications.
• Experience with relevant platforms and testing methodologies.
• Experience operating SIEM platforms and analyzing log data.
• Experience with EDR, content filtering, and/or other security toolsets.
• Experience with cyber asset monitoring and technical asset management tools.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Comfortable operating in a shared-coverage, lean team environment.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

No Supervisory Responsibility

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:

No

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.