Senior Cyber Security Incident Response Engineer

Elsevier; New Jersey; Remote; USD 78,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a senior cyber security professional to lead incident response as the most senior technical member of the team. You will research threats, exploits, and mitigations, guiding investigations across cloud and on-premises environments.

The role focuses on threat detection innovation, security control tuning, and proactive intelligence to protect Elsevier’s global information assets and services.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of cloud-agnostic infrastructure.
• Ability to conduct forensic and incident response investigations.
• Experience analyzing security events for anomalies and emerging threats.
• Design and implement security improvements and remediation programs.

Responsibilities

• Improve resilience of security protections and mitigation technologies.
• Develop and execute incident response plans; lead end-to-end investigations.
• Produce comprehensive incident reports and threat intelligence.
• Tune security controls and assist with troubleshooting security issues.
• Review tools and processes to strengthen current capabilities and gaps.
• Lead analysis of security events and coordinate actions to safeguard assets.

Skills

Cloud security

Incident response

Digital forensics

Threat analysis

Security controls

Vulnerability assessment

Scripting

Education

Licensing/certification: CCFE, GCFE, CISSP, CISM, SANS, GIAC, ISACA, CSRIC

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a senior cyber security professional to lead incident response as the most senior technical member of the team. You will research threats, exploits, and mitigations, guiding investigations across cloud and on-premises environments.

The role focuses on threat detection innovation, security control tuning, and proactive intelligence to protect Elsevier’s global information assets and services.