Senior Incident Commander — Security Operations Leader

Atlassian; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Volunteer days

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a senior Incident Response leader to drive high-impact security incidents in a cloud environment. You will coordinate complex investigations, lead a 5–8 person US-based team, and shape incident response strategy with cross-functional partners.

The role emphasizes executive communication, process improvement, and adoption of AI tools to reduce toil. You will work with Detection, Security Engineering, Product Security, Legal, Crisis Communications, Support, and leadership to

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder security incidents in SaaS/cloud/enterprise environments.
• Strong executive communication skills translating technical info into clear decisions and next steps.
• Experience deploying investigative AI and automation in security operations or incident response.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high-impact incident response work in a cloud environment.
• Coordinate incidents with cross-functional teams and executive leadership.
• Directly manage a team of 5–8 in the US region and coach incident responders.
• Improve IR processes through playbooks, metrics, and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Incident leadership

Executive communication

Security incidents

SaaS/cloud

Automation tooling

AI for IR

Tools

Detection tooling

Log analysis

Incident management software

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a senior Incident Response leader to drive high-impact security incidents in a cloud environment. You will coordinate complex investigations, lead a 5–8 person US-based team, and shape incident response strategy with cross-functional partners.

The role emphasizes executive communication, process improvement, and adoption of AI tools to reduce toil. You will work with Detection, Security Engineering, Product Security, Legal, Crisis Communications, Support, and leadership to