Senior Incident Response Engineer - Remote/Hybrid

Linkedin3; United States; Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Incident Response Engineer to join our Information Security organization. You will lead investigations, develop playbooks, and mentor junior engineers while coordinating with PR, HR, Legal and other teams.

This senior role emphasizes process improvement, rapid containment, and scalable response across our global infrastructure. Hybrid or remote work is available in the United States, with some office presence in select locations.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Information Security with 3+ years in Incident Response.
• Experience triaging security alerts and handling incidents.
• Strong host, network and log analysis skills; familiarity with playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Independently triage security alerts and incidents.
• Investigate incidents using forensic and threat-hunting methods.
• Lead small to medium incidents with cross‑functional teams to closure.
• Improve incident response platforms and detection quality.
• Participate in on-call activities.

Skills

Information Security

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Education

BA/BS in Information Security or related

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Incident Response Engineer to join our Information Security organization. You will lead investigations, develop playbooks, and mentor junior engineers while coordinating with PR, HR, Legal and other teams.

This senior role emphasizes process improvement, rapid containment, and scalable response across our global infrastructure. Hybrid or remote work is available in the United States, with some office presence in select locations.