Senior Incident Commander & Security Analyst

UKG Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG in the United States is seeking a Senior Staff Security Analyst - Incident Commander to join the Global Security Operations team. You will lead containment and response to major security incidents, coordinate technical workstreams, and provide guidance across SOC, Threat Intelligence, Cloud Security, and Legal teams.

You will perform hands-on forensics, threat hunting, and incident response across endpoints, cloud, network, and identity data.

Qualifications

• Lead complex security incidents and guide technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead major incident command activities and coordinate response.
• Conduct hands-on threat hunting and forensic analysis.
• Mentor analysts during incidents and training exercises.
• Create incident strategies, timelines, and technical summaries.
• Develop training materials, playbooks, and SOPs for incident handling.
• Partner with Detection Engineering and Threat Intelligence teams to improve detections.

Skills

Digital Forensics

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Scripting (Python)

PowerShell

Bash

GenAI workflows

SOC Operations

Cloud Security

Threat Intelligence

Malware Analysis

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Cloud telemetry

Case Management

Forensic Tools

Job description

UKG in the United States is seeking a Senior Staff Security Analyst - Incident Commander to join the Global Security Operations team. You will lead containment and response to major security incidents, coordinate technical workstreams, and provide guidance across SOC, Threat Intelligence, Cloud Security, and Legal teams.

You will perform hands-on forensics, threat hunting, and incident response across endpoints, cloud, network, and identity data.