Remote Cyber Incident & App Security Lead

Unissant; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Unissant deals with cybersecurity incident response and application security leadership to support federal clients. The role requires deep knowledge of network security, cloud technologies, and threat detection while maintaining composure under pressure.

The candidate will lead incident lifecycle activities, coordinate across teams, and develop lessons learned, SOPs, and improved processes. Remote work is common with onsite collaboration in Bethesda, MD as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required; preferred fields include Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Operations Management, or related field.
• MBA/Master's Degree in a relevant field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle of incident detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and post-incident activities across enterprise systems.
• Coordinate incident response efforts, manage escalations, and support cross-functional response activities.
• Monitor, detect, and report suspected cybersecurity incidents using enterprise logging, SIEM, EDR, IAM, antivirus, and cloud tools.
• Configure alerts and reporting to help identify indicators of compromise, suspicious behavior, and insecure configurations.
• Track incidents through remediation and support the development of lessons learned, SOPs, and process improvements.
• Assist with incident response testing, reporting, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Network security

Web application security

Cloud technologies

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA/Master's Degree

Tools

Splunk

Tenable

FireEye

IDS/IPS platforms

Event analysis tools

Job description

Unissant deals with cybersecurity incident response and application security leadership to support federal clients. The role requires deep knowledge of network security, cloud technologies, and threat detection while maintaining composure under pressure.

The candidate will lead incident lifecycle activities, coordinate across teams, and develop lessons learned, SOPs, and improved processes. Remote work is common with onsite collaboration in Bethesda, MD as needed.