OT Cyber Incident Response Specialist

Moderna Therapeutics; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Well-being programs

Family planning support

Generous paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Moderna is seeking an Operational Technology Response Engineer to strengthen enterprise defense and incident response for OT environments. The role blends incident response with OT cybersecurity to protect critical manufacturing operations and ensure continuity.

The candidate will join the Cybersecurity Incident Response team and work with OT, IT, and cybersecurity teams. Strong knowledge of OT threats, logs, and cross-functional communication is essential for timely containment and recovery.

Qualifications

• Experience in incident response processes: triage, containment, eradication, recovery, post-incident review.
• Experience investigating security alerts related to malware, endpoint threats, and identity-based attacks.
• Hands-on experience with security tools such as Splunk ES, Defender, and CrowdStrike Falcon.
• Knowledge of OT/ICS environments and manufacturing networks.
• Understanding of cloud security architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) and telemetry.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and CIS frameworks for threat mapping and control alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate incident response efforts across cybersecurity, OT, and IT teams.
• Analyze security alerts, investigate events by reviewing logs and network traffic data.
• Summarize findings, assess business impact, and define remediation actions.
• Develop and tune detections for OT/ICS environments and threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure operational continuity.

Skills

Incident response

Threat detection

OT/ICS security

Regulatory awareness

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

Defender

CrowdStrike Falcon

Nozomi

Job description

Moderna is seeking an Operational Technology Response Engineer to strengthen enterprise defense and incident response for OT environments. The role blends incident response with OT cybersecurity to protect critical manufacturing operations and ensure continuity.

The candidate will join the Cybersecurity Incident Response team and work with OT, IT, and cybersecurity teams. Strong knowledge of OT threats, logs, and cross-functional communication is essential for timely containment and recovery.