Principal Incident Response Engineer (Remote)

Stopahack; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stopahack is seeking a Principal Incident Response Commander to lead cybersecurity investigations and response strategies. The role requires extensive experience in incident management and technical proficiency across various security domains. Join a mission-driven environment focused on advanced cyber defense and continual improvement in response capabilities.

Benefits

Dynamic work environment focused on cybersecurity

Opportunities for professional development

Collaborative team culture

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience in incident response and digital forensics.
• Strong investigative skills, including experience managing complex cases.
• Excellent communication skills to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response activities and ensure stakeholder alignment.
• Analyze data points and identify indicators of compromise.
• Develop training sessions and presentations for diverse audiences.

Skills

Incident Response Expertise

Technical Proficiency

Investigation Background

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Curiosity and Learning

Security and Compliance Knowledge

Collaborative Mindset

Job description

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We are seeking an accomplished Principal Incident Response Commander to join the Adobe Cyber Defense Center. This critical role requires deep expertise in managing large-scale investigations, delivering actionable technical reports to leadership, and a well-rounded technical understanding across forensics, network security, threat intelligence, and threat hunting. You will be at the forefront of Adobe’s cybersecurity defense, helping lead investigations, mitigate incidents, and shape our response strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Incident Response: Confidently lead incident response activities, ensuring stakeholder alignment for efficient responses. Collaborate with leadership to implement strategic initiatives and foster continuous learning to enhance incident response capabilities organization-wide.
• Investigations: Analyze data points from past or current cases using critical thinking and investigative skills. Identify indicators of compromise, potential attack vectors, and root causes to guide effective resolution steps and discover new connections.
• Reporting: Keep detailed incident records and provide clear, concise reports to leadership. Ensure timely updates and communicate critical information effectively to stakeholders.
• Technical Expert: Provide technical support for incidents, guide team members, and offer technical direction. Use your expertise to troubleshoot and resolve issues, assisting in the technical aspects of incident response.
• Continuous Improvement: Enhance incident response through post-incident retrospectives and security, engineering, and partner team feedback.
• Training and Presentations: Develop and present comprehensive reports, training sessions, and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Process Development: Assist in designing, documenting, and reporting on incident response processes, procedures, and metrics to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Threat Awareness: Stay updated on emerging threats and attack vectors to maintain expertise in the evolving cyber landscape.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Incident Response Expertise: Bring at least 8+ years of hands-on experience managing the end-to-end incident response lifecycle, including detection, analysis, and post-incident activities. Demonstrate proficiency in incident response and digital forensics, particularly in responding at scale.
• Technical Proficiency: Possessing a robust understanding of threat intelligence, malware analysis, and network security concepts, complemented by practical expertise in digital forensics across operating systems, memory analysis, and handling malicious files. Experienced in utilizing EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) tooling for effective incident response and management at scale. Knowledge of reverse engineering or scripting or programming languages is a plus.
• Investigation Background: Strong investigative skills and incident response expertise to effectively manage and resolve complex cases. Previous government or law enforcement experience with large-scale investigations is a plus.
• Analytical Skills: Excellent at analyzing large data sets under pressure, with strong multitasking abilities to address complex challenges and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Communication Skills: Clear and effective communication with diverse stakeholders and engineering teams. Strong in both written and verbal communication to deliver reports and updates and present technical findings to leadership.
• Curiosity and Learning: Stay updated on emerging technologies and evolving attack methods. Actively explore and master new tools to enhance investigative capabilities, proactively sharing knowledge to strengthen incident response effectiveness.
• Security and Compliance Knowledge: Solid understanding of security fundamentals and familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC2, HIPAA, FERPA, GDPR, and PCI-DSS.
• Collaborative Mindset: Embrace collaboration, building team relationships to drive projects and provide incident support. Encourage innovative problem-solving and solutions-driven thinking.

What We Offer:

• A dynamic and mission-driven work environment focused on defending against advanced cyber threats.

• A culture that embraces innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth through impactful projects and technical training.

• A collaborative team that values diverse perspectives and teamwork in driving meaningful results.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Engineering, and Consulting

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting, Computer and Network Security, and Information Services

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