Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer

Allegacy Federal Credit Union; Frontis (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegacy Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Incident Response Specialist to monitor security tooling, investigate suspicious activity, and coordinate containment actions. You will work with IT, application teams, and an MDR partner to improve resilience and reduce risk across the organization.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field and 3–5 years of security operations experience, with certifications valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, MIS, CS, or related field.
• 3–5 years in information security, SOC operations, or incident response with hands‑on investigation experience.
• Professional certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GCIH/GCIA or CISSP/CCSP are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security tooling (SIEM/EDR) and triage alerts for scope and severity.
• Investigate suspicious activity by analyzing logs and correlating events.
• Execute incident response actions in partnership with IT and app teams, including containment.
• Collect evidence and maintain chain-of-custody for incident records.
• Develop and improve incident response playbooks and run tabletop exercises.
• Tune detections and reduce false positives; suggest improvements to alert logic.
• Support vulnerability response by tracking remediation and coordinating patches.
• Coordinate with MDR provider, vendors, and law enforcement as directed.

Skills

Incident response

Threat analysis

SIEM

Forensics

Communications

Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems / IT / MIS / CS

Tools

SIEM

EDR

MDR

Firewall logs

Job description

Allegacy Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Incident Response Specialist to monitor security tooling, investigate suspicious activity, and coordinate containment actions. You will work with IT, application teams, and an MDR partner to improve resilience and reduce risk across the organization.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field and 3–5 years of security operations experience, with certifications valued.