Security Engineer I: Incident Response & Threat Detection

Lendistry; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 84,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Birthday Day Off

401(k) Match

FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional Development Courses

Snacks and Drinks

Job summary

Lendistry in the United States is seeking a Security Engineer I to manage day-to-day security monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management across corporate IT, cloud, and third-party environments.

You will triage alerts, run incident response playbooks, document status, and coordinate remediation with the SOC, MSSP, and engineering teams. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent and security certs are preferred.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security operations (SOC), or incident response.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms for alert triage and investigation.
• Understanding of vulnerability management concepts, including CVSS scoring and remediation prioritization.
• Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure security services and cloud logging.
• Working knowledge of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 frameworks.
• Basic scripting ability (Python, PowerShell, or similar) for automation and analysis.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience; certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GCIH, SC-200, or AWS Security Specialty

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts from SIEM, EDR, email security, and cloud-native tools, escalating confirmed threats to the Security Engineer Lead.
• Act as first responder and incident coordinator, executing incident response playbooks through detection, containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Maintain incident records, timelines, and evidence; facilitate post-incident reviews and track corrective actions to closure.
• Provide timely incident status updates to IT, Legal, Compliance, and leadership, following established escalation paths.
• Partner with the SOC and MSSP providers to validate alerts, refine escalation procedures, and improve response quality.
• Develop, maintain, and test incident response playbooks and runbooks; support tabletop exercises.
• Tune SIEM and EDR detection rules and policies to reduce false positives and improve detection coverage.
• Operate vulnerability scanning tools, validate findings, and track remediation against defined SLAs.
• Assist with vendor security assessments and collect evidence to support SOC 2, ISO 27001, and regulatory audit activities.
• Build and maintain security metrics and dashboards (e.g., mean time to detect and respond, incident volume, open vulnerabilities).
• Automate repetitive security tasks using scripting and available platform capabilities.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Security operations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Cloud logging

Job description

Lendistry in the United States is seeking a Security Engineer I to manage day-to-day security monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management across corporate IT, cloud, and third-party environments.

You will triage alerts, run incident response playbooks, document status, and coordinate remediation with the SOC, MSSP, and engineering teams. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent and security certs are preferred.