OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Lead

1440 Foods; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

1440 Foods is seeking an IT/OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Lead to join our manufacturing security team in New York. You will be the hands-on security engineer during business hours, leading incident response across corporate, cloud, and OT environments and coordinating with OT engineering and leadership.

You will own security engineering, drive incident coordination, manage EDR and vulnerability programs, and work with our SOC to ensure timely containment and post-incident reviews in

Qualifications

• OT/industrial security fundamentals — secure remote access, segmentation, ISA/IEC 62443.
• Incident response — ability to lead technically during an event.
• Hands-on endpoint (EDR) and vulnerability management on comparable tools.
• Cloud/identity security basics (Microsoft 365 / Entra ID).
• Strong communicator across technical, plant, and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Incident Response (primary): Serve as the business-hours incident lead and Incident Commander during cyber events.
• Endpoint & Vulnerability: Administer EDR, investigate and tune detections, and drive risk-based vulnerability remediation.
• OT Security: Own secure remote vendor/OEM access and jump-box environments, maintain OT segmentation and firewall rules, coordinate remediation around production schedules.
• Cloud, Identity & Network: Support Microsoft 365 / Entra ID security, Conditional Access, privileged access reviews, and MFA; review firewall rules, VPN, and network segmentation.
• Governance (support): Support policy, security audits, NIST CSF, cyber insurance questionnaires, and security documentation.
• Projects: Contribute to infrastructure projects, security architecture reviews, and vendor design reviews.

Skills

OT/industrial security

Incident response leadership

EDR/vulnerability management

Cloud security basics

Communication skills

Manufacturing experience

Job description

1440 Foods is seeking an IT/OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Lead to join our manufacturing security team in New York. You will be the hands-on security engineer during business hours, leading incident response across corporate, cloud, and OT environments and coordinating with OT engineering and leadership.

You will own security engineering, drive incident coordination, manage EDR and vulnerability programs, and work with our SOC to ensure timely containment and post-incident reviews in