Cyber Threat Detection & Incident Response Lead

Infosys; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Health and Dependent Care Reinvestment

Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness,

Hospital Indemnity, Legal)

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Job summary

Infosys is seeking an Infrastructure Consultant 2 within its Financial Services unit to help resolve incidents, perform root-cause analyses, and document preventive recommendations across client environments. You will evaluate IT infrastructure, design scalable solutions, align release schedules, coordinate deployments, and support capacity planning with cross-functional teams, onsite and offshore.

The role emphasizes governance, security checks, and formal documentation, with collaboration

Qualifications

• Experience handling incidents using formal frameworks (NIST or equivalent).
• Lifecycle management of cyber incidents from detection to closure.
• Ability to coordinate across SOC, IR, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and client teams to resolve complex incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and document findings with preventive recommendations
• Participate in evaluation of client IT infrastructure, prepare actionable assessment reports, and support due diligence to document infrastructure maturity and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to the design of scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure solutions, review reusable components, and develop technical documentation for deployed systems
• Align release schedules and environment readiness, execute deployments as per protocols, perform post-deployment testing, and manage version control to track changes
• Co-ordinate maintenance schedules, emergency fixes, and technology upgrades while ensuring uninterrupted integration into existing systems and processes
• Facilitate performance data analysis across systems, coordinate insights on system behavior, and support capacity planning to optimize performance
• Conduct security checks, recovery drills, and compliance audits, implement security measures, and coordinate continuity plans to maintain adherence to standards
• Gather feedback to identify automation opportunities, analyze existing infrastructure processes, and propose enhancements for efficiency gains
• Act as liaison with onsite, offshore, and vendor teams to document project requirements, ensuring effective collaboration
• Develop a centralized repository of technical and procedural knowledge, leveraging insights from other projects to drive efficiency and retain organizational expertise

Skills

Incident handling

NIST framework

Cyber lifecycle

Executive communication

Regulatory reporting

IR coordination

ITSM tooling

ITIL/ITSM

Vendor coordination

Vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Infosys is seeking an Infrastructure Consultant 2 within its Financial Services unit to help resolve incidents, perform root-cause analyses, and document preventive recommendations across client environments. You will evaluate IT infrastructure, design scalable solutions, align release schedules, coordinate deployments, and support capacity planning with cross-functional teams, onsite and offshore.

The role emphasizes governance, security checks, and formal documentation, with collaboration