Senior Incident Commander - Enterprise Cyber Response

Optomi; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi, in partnership with a fast-growing medical technology organization, seeks an experienced Incident Response Lead to mature enterprise incident response capabilities in a highly technical, R&D-driven environment. This role requires hands-on IR leadership, playbook development, and crisis management across the full incident lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has led major security incidents, can coordinate diverse stakeholders, and drive improvements post-incident.

Qualifications

• 5+ years dedicated Incident Response experience, with senior leadership exposure.
• Experience leading complex/high-severity cybersecurity incidents.
• Strong experience with incident lifecycle: detection, containment, eradication, recovery, post-incident review.
• Proven ability to develop and improve IR playbooks and procedures.
• Experience planning and running tabletop exercises with cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of legal, privacy, and regulatory aspects of incidents.

Responsibilities

• Lead the response and coordination of significant cybersecurity incidents across the organization.
• Serve as senior incident commander during high-severity events with clear decisions under pressure.
• Develop and maintain enterprise Incident Response plans, procedures, and playbooks.
• Lead tabletop exercises involving technical teams, leadership, legal, and compliance.
• Coordinate investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and evidence gathering.

Skills

Incident Response

Crisis leadership

Playbooks and runbooks

Tabletop exercises

Stakeholder comms

Regulatory awareness

Job description

Optomi, in partnership with a fast-growing medical technology organization, seeks an experienced Incident Response Lead to mature enterprise incident response capabilities in a highly technical, R&D-driven environment. This role requires hands-on IR leadership, playbook development, and crisis management across the full incident lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has led major security incidents, can coordinate diverse stakeholders, and drive improvements post-incident.