OT Cyber Incident Response Engineer

RXinsider LTD.; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare

Well-being resources

Family planning benefits

Generous paid time off

Savings and investments

Location-specific perks

Job summary

Moderna is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Response Engineer to strengthen enterprise defense and incident response across OT environments. This role combines incident response with OT cybersecurity to protect systems that monitor and control critical manufacturing operations.

The ideal candidate will balance cyber incidents with operational continuity, coordinating with cybersecurity and OT teams to implement timely containment and response actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, and/or IT with subject matter expertise in threat detection, detections engineering, response, or threat hunting.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), Defender, and CrowdStrike Falcon.
• Knowledge of OT/ICS environments, manufacturing networks, equipment connectivity and operational constraints.

Responsibilities

• Strong understanding of incident response processes, including triage, containment, eradication, recovery and post-incident review.
• Experience investigating security alerts, related to malware, endpoint threats, identity based attacks, etc.
• Hands-on experience with security tools such as Splunk SIEM, Nozomi, CrowdStrike Falcon
• Understanding of regulatory concerns in an OT environment
• Experience coordinating response efforts across multiple teams, like cybersecurity, OT, and IT teams
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly summarize technical findings, business impact, and necessary response actions
• Knowledge of OT-specific threats
• Comfortable investigating security events by analyzing logs about network traffic and system behavior

Skills

Incident response

OT cybersecurity

Cross-team coordination

Communication of technical findings

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/InfoSec

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

Defender

CrowdStrike Falcon

Nozomi

Job description

Moderna is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Response Engineer to strengthen enterprise defense and incident response across OT environments. This role combines incident response with OT cybersecurity to protect systems that monitor and control critical manufacturing operations.

The ideal candidate will balance cyber incidents with operational continuity, coordinating with cybersecurity and OT teams to implement timely containment and response actions.