Cybersecurity Lead: Incident Response & Strategy

Schneider Electric; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

401(k) with match

Flexible work arrangements

Paid time off

Job summary

Schneider Electric seeks a Cybersecurity Leader to strengthen and advance our cybersecurity program from hands-on technical work to leadership responsibilities. You will protect enterprise systems, networks, and data while partnering with IT, engineering, operations, and business leaders to promote a culture of cybersecurity across the organization.

You will monitor threats, lead investigations, run risk analyses, support frameworks, and deliver metrics to executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3–6 years of cybersecurity, information security, SOC, or incident response experience.
• Willingness to work on-site.
• Strong knowledge of network security, IAM, threat detection, vulnerability management, and security operations.
• Experience with cloud security in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats, incidents, and alerts.
• Lead Level 2 security investigations and coordinate incident response activities.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, risk analyses, and remediation efforts.
• Support security frameworks and compliance initiatives, including NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and SOC 2.
• Analyze SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewall, IDS/IPS, and cloud security logs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and cloud teams to ensure secure configurations.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, procedures, and response playbooks.
• Support audits, risk assessments, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities.
• Deliver security metrics, reports, and recommendations to leadership.
• Drive security awareness and best practices across the organization.

Skills

Cybersecurity

SOC

Incident response

Network security

Endpoint protection

Identity & access management

Threat detection

Vulnerability management

Security operations

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Tools

SIEM (Splunk/Sentinel/QRadar)

EDR/XDR tools

Nessus

Qualys

Rapid7

Cloud security tooling

Job description

Schneider Electric seeks a Cybersecurity Leader to strengthen and advance our cybersecurity program from hands-on technical work to leadership responsibilities. You will protect enterprise systems, networks, and data while partnering with IT, engineering, operations, and business leaders to promote a culture of cybersecurity across the organization.

You will monitor threats, lead investigations, run risk analyses, support frameworks, and deliver metrics to executives.