Senior Incident Commander, Security Operations

Lowe's; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 112,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s is seeking a Lead Analyst – Security Operations Incident Response in Charlotte. You will act as the incident commander, translating complex threats into business impact and guiding executive decisions while coordinating across Legal, Privacy, Risk, HR, and Communications to protect the organization.

Beyond handling today’s incidents, you’ll shape enterprise incident response by advancing automation, AI-enabled investigations, and rapid decision-making to strengthen security operations at

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience in cybersecurity with significant incident response expertise.
• Experience managing high-severity, enterprise-scale security incidents.
• Strong knowledge of incident response frameworks such as NIST, SANS, and MITRE ATT&CK.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate response to high-severity cybersecurity incidents across multiple teams.
• Own the security incident management lifecycle from identification to recovery and post-incident review.
• Establish incident severity, business impact, escalation paths, and response priorities.
• Act as Incident Commander for major incidents and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Maintain timelines, decision logs, evidence, and incident documentation throughout events.
• Provide executive-level incident reporting and briefs on business impact, risk, and recovery outlook.

Skills

Incident response

Crisis leadership

Executive communication

Threat management

Regulatory collaboration

Cloud security

SIEM

SOAR

EDR/XDR

IAM

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR/XDR

IAM

Job description

Lowe’s is seeking a Lead Analyst – Security Operations Incident Response in Charlotte. You will act as the incident commander, translating complex threats into business impact and guiding executive decisions while coordinating across Legal, Privacy, Risk, HR, and Communications to protect the organization.

Beyond handling today’s incidents, you’ll shape enterprise incident response by advancing automation, AI-enabled investigations, and rapid decision-making to strengthen security operations at