Senior Cyber Defense Operations Lead

Hidden Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hidden Jobs is seeking a senior cybersecurity professional to lead defense operations within an IT consulting setting. The role emphasizes independent work across varied client environments and long-term contract delivery.

You will drive incident response, threat detection, and security monitoring while collaborating with engineering teams to implement robust defenses and operational procedures.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in cybersecurity analysis or cyber defense operations.
• Experience in incident response, threat detection, and security monitoring workflows.
• Comfort working in an IT consulting delivery model and on long-term contracts.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering and development teams on security decisions.
• Broad understanding of information technology and services environments and the risks they face.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day cyber defense operations, including monitoring, detection, and incident handling activities.
• Investigate security events, assess threats, and coordinate appropriate response actions.
• Contribute to the design and refinement of defensive controls, playbooks, and operational procedures.
• Advise engineering and development colleagues on security considerations across IT consulting engagements.
• Document findings, share lessons learned, and support knowledge transfer within the team.

Skills

Incident response

Threat detection

Security monitoring

Cyber defense operations

IT consulting delivery

Job description

Hidden Jobs is seeking a senior cybersecurity professional to lead defense operations within an IT consulting setting. The role emphasizes independent work across varied client environments and long-term contract delivery.

You will drive incident response, threat detection, and security monitoring while collaborating with engineering teams to implement robust defenses and operational procedures.