Cyber Operations Engineer (IR) - Global Industrial

Motion; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Holiday pay

Job summary

Motion in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Cyber Defense Engineer II to work across cloud security, IAM, DR, and DevSecOps, with day-to-day duties in threat hunting, incident response, and security tooling.

You will join a lean, on-site team that analyzes logs from SIEMs, monitors cyber assets, and coordinates disaster recovery testing, reporting findings, and maintaining SOPs.

Ideal candidate holds a bachelor's in CS or related field with 3–5 years of experience and a strong analytical mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of related experience.
• Experience operating SIEM platforms and analyzing log data.
• Experience with EDR, content filtering, and other security toolsets.
• Experience with cyber asset monitoring and asset management tools.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Comfortable in a lean, shared-coverage environment.

Responsibilities

• Supports proactive threat hunting and investigates anomalies across the environment.
• Operates SIEMs and analyzes log data to drive detections.
• Participates in security operations center monitoring, incident response, and insider risk investigations.
• Supports cyber recovery execution and disaster recovery testing as needed.
• Documents findings, SOPs, and playbooks for threat hunting and detection processes.
• Participates in the security on-call rotation as needed.
• Maintains cyber asset monitoring and asset management tooling.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

SIEM platforms

EDR

Threat hunting

Disaster Recovery

DevSecOps

Log analysis

Security tooling

Incident response

Asset management tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

EDR tools

Threat intelligence feeds platforms

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.

EEO

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