Cyber Security Engineer: Threat Detection & Incident Response

empirical Foods; North Sioux City (SD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

Profit sharing

Paid vacation

Job summary

empirical Foods is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to monitor and improve security operations across our enterprise and production environments. You will support SIEM, EDR/XDR, incident response, and vulnerability management.

In this role you will analyze alerts, lead incident response, and help mature our cyber program. Collaboration with IT and production teams is essential, with a focus on threat detection and security tooling reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of cybersecurity experience.
• Associate's or Bachelor's in Cybersecurity/Information Technology.
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent foundational certification preferred.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR/XDR, and incident response.
• Ability to analyze security alerts and document findings clearly.

Responsibilities

• Monitor SIEM, EDR/XDR, and MDR platforms.
• Investigate alerts and suspicious activity.
• Lead and coordinate incident response activities.
• Conduct threat hunting and event analysis.
• Improve detection rules and alert tuning.
• Evaluate SIEM log coverage and onboarding.
• Support cloud security initiatives.

Skills

SIEM monitoring

EDR/XDR

Threat detection

Incident response

Vulnerability mgmt

Cloud security

OT knowledge

Networking security

Analytical skills

Education

Cybersecurity degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure security

Job description

empirical Foods is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to monitor and improve security operations across our enterprise and production environments. You will support SIEM, EDR/XDR, incident response, and vulnerability management.

In this role you will analyze alerts, lead incident response, and help mature our cyber program. Collaboration with IT and production teams is essential, with a focus on threat detection and security tooling reliability.