Lead - Incident Responder Cybersecurity

Frontier Airlines, Inc.; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Travel privileges

Employee discounts

Job summary

Frontier Airlines, Inc. is seeking a Lead Incident Responder of Cybersecurity Operations to investigate, contain, eradicate, and recover from cybersecurity incidents across the Frontier enterprise environment.

The role provides leadership and hands-on incident response, digital forensics, threat analysis, and coordination with SOC analysts, IT teams, and management to reduce risk. A hybrid Denver-based work arrangement is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, IT, cybersecurity, or related field.
• 5–10 years of cybersecurity or IT operations experience.
• 4+ years in hands-on incident response or security operations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate, analyze, respond to, and document cybersecurity incidents identified through detection and response platforms.
• Serve as Incident Commander and drive cadence during incidents.
• Define severity and engagement level (Sev1–Sev4) and lead initial triage.
• Carry out full incident response lifecycle: identify, contain, eradicate, recover, post-incident review.
• Lead detection engineering by developing SIEM/EDR detections and reducing false positives.
• Coordinate with IT, application, and infrastructure teams during containment and recovery.

Skills

Incident response leadership

Threat analysis

Digital forensics

Threat hunting

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

EDR

IDS/IPS

Vulnerability management

Threat intelligence platforms

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $110,114 USD to $146,157 USD

Description

At Frontier, our mission is to Make Every Flight Count. That mission guides how we support our customers, our people and the operation every day.

As a Frontier employee, your work connects to more than a single role. Whether you’re supporting flights, helping customers, maintaining aircraft, leading teams or working behind the scenes, you help create a travel experience that is safe, reliable and built around value.

Our work is guided by our core values: customer first, safety always, operational excellence and one team. These values shape how we make decisions, support each other and deliver for the people who count on us.

Support for work, life and travel

Frontier offers benefits, programs and travel privileges designed to support eligible employees at work and beyond. Availability may vary by role, employment status, eligibility, location, schedule, applicable policies and current plan details.

Depending on role and eligibility, available benefits and programs may include:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings options
• Paid holidays, vacation time and sick time
• Travel privileges on Frontier Airlines and participating partner airlines, based on current program rules and availability
• Buddy passes, based on eligibility and program rules
• Travel-related discounts and employee discounts on select products, services and vendors
• A hybrid schedule for eligible headquarters roles based in Denver, Colorado
• Business casual dress options for eligible corporate and support roles
• Employee support programs and resources, including the HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ nonprofit organization

Frontier Airlines is a Denver-based airline serving destinations across the United States and select international markets. Our people support every part of the travel journey, from airport operations and flight crews to aircraft maintenance, customer support, corporate teams and more.

We’re focused on delivering meaningful value by making travel more accessible, practical and easy to personalize for our customers. Across the airline, our teams help support a safe, reliable and efficient operation while continuing to strengthen the experience for the people who choose Frontier.

What Will You Be Doing?

The Lead Incident Responder of Cybersecurity Operations is responsible for investigating, containing, eradicating, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents across the Frontier enterprise environment. This role provides leadership, hands‑on incident response, digital forensics, threat analysis, and coordination support during active incidents.

The Lead Incident Responder delivers timely and accurate analysis of internal and external threats using detection and response platforms and collaborates with SOC analysts, threat hunters, IT teams, and management to reduce organizational risk. The scope of the environment includes SIEM, EDR, network security controls, cloud platforms, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence services.

Essential Functions

• Monitor, investigate, analyze, respond to, and document cybersecurity incidents identified through detection and response platforms.
• Serve as Incident Commander, when assigned, to run the bridge, track actions/owners, and drive cadence.
• Define severity, business impact, and required engagement level (e.g., Sev1–Sev4), and lead initial triage to determine scope and next actions.
• Execute the full incident response lifecycle: identification, containment, eradication, recovery, and post‑incident review
• Perform in‑depth alert and event analysis across SIEM, EDR, network, endpoint, and cloud sources
• Collect, preserve, and analyze forensic evidence including logs, disk artifacts, memory artifacts, and network traffic
• Apply threat intelligence, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and adversary tactics and techniques using the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Escalate incidents to Cybersecurity Operations Management and Incident Response Team members as required
• Support active incident response efforts, tabletop exercises, and threat simulation activities
• Conduct investigative analysis to determine impact, scope, and root cause of security incidents
• Lead the detection engineering feedback loop by converting incident learnings into new detections/use cases (SIEM rules, EDR analytics), tune to reduce false positives, and validate via testing.
• Assist with threat hunting activities to proactively identify malicious activity within the environment
• Validate suspected exploitation of vulnerabilities and support remediation efforts
• Coordinate with IT, application, and infrastructure teams to support containment and recovery actions
• Maintain accurate incident documentation, timelines, and reports
• Develop, coordinate, and maintain playbooks for common cyber-related enterprise events including ransomware, business email compromise, identity compromise, etc.
• Use (and help improve) SOAR playbooks for containment (account disable, host isolation, IOC blocking), enrichment, and reporting.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of incident response procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Participate in after‑hours and on‑call rotation requirements for cybersecurity incidents
• Provide regular status updates to Cybersecurity Operations Management during investigations
• Coordinate internal/external communications (Legal, Privacy, Comms/PR, HR) following established playbooks.
• Coordinate with MSSP/IR retainer and key vendors as needed during active incidents
• Track and report MTTA/MTTR, dwell time, containment time, recurrence, and lessons learned; contribute to operational reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience (required)
• 5-10 years of relevant cybersecurity or IT operations experience (required)
• 4+ years of hands‑on incident response or security operations experience (required)
• Experience working with enterprise cybersecurity tools such as SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence platforms
• Experience analyzing adversary tactics and techniques using the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Familiarity with cybersecurity standards and frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST 800‑61, and PCI DSS (desired)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of incident response processes and investigative methodologies
• Proficiency in SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, or similar)
• Hands‑on experience with endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools such as SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, or Microsoft Defender
• Ability to analyze and correlate logs from firewalls, endpoints, servers, SaaS platforms, and cloud environments
• Proficiency in network traffic and packet analysis using tools such as Wireshark
• Working knowledge of malware triage and basic static/dynamic analysis techniques
• Understanding of Active Directory, identity‑based attacks, and authentication workflows
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems and common attack vectors
• Ability to apply threat intelligence and OSINT to incident investigations
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure environment
• Willingness to support after‑hours and weekend on‑call rotation

Certifications (Preferred)

• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA CySA+
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
• GIAC Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
• CEH
• Microsoft SC-200 or cloud security certifications (Azure/AWS)

Equipment Operated

Laptop endpoint running Windows and a variety of commercial and open‑source cybersecurity tools

• Hybrid work environment (in‑office and remote), subject to change
• Requires participation in on‑call rotation for after‑hours and weekend incident response

Physical Effort

Light physical effort required by handling objects up to 20 pounds occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently.

Supervision Received

General Direction: The incumbent normally receives little instruction on day‑to‑day work and receives general instructions on new assignments.

Salary Range: $110,114 - $146,157. Please note: this posting has a closing date of on or before midnight 8.31.26 MT.

Positions Supervised

None

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature and level of work required of the referenced position; they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Please be advised that duties and expectations of this position may be subject to change.

Frontier Airlines, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Frontier Airlines is a Zero Tolerance Drug‑Free Workplace. All prospective DOT safety‑sensitive employees are subject to pre‑employment testing for the following drugs and their metabolites: Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Opioids and Phencyclidine (PCP). Further, any DOT safety‑sensitive job applicant who is found to have tested positive on any required drug or alcohol test at a former employer will be considered ineligible for employment with Frontier.

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