Senior Incident Response Lead (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks and volunteer events

Vibrant office culture (global)

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Incident Response Manager to lead IR engagements for diverse clients, performing triage, scoping, and malware analysis communication with executives. The role includes mentoring junior analysts, developing new detection approaches, and delivering high-quality reports to stakeholders.

The position emphasizes leadership in a remote-friendly environment with opportunities to influence security posture and contribute to thought leadership in AI-enabled incident response.

Qualifications

• Experience leading incident response investigations for organizations.
• Background in computer forensics and malware analysis.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols and log analysis.
• Ability to mentor junior analysts and communicate with customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response engagements
• Perform initial triage and scoping for prospective clients
• Communicate with executives on forensics and malware analysis
• Develop methods to hunt for bad actors across large data sets
• Coaching/mentoring of junior analysts
• Provide recommendations to mature security posture during and after incidents
• Produce written/verbal reports and findings to stakeholders
• Demonstrate thought leadership through blog posts and public talks

Skills

Team leadership

Incident response

Forensic analysis

Network forensics

Reverse engineering

Remediation planning

Cloud incident response

AI-assisted decision making

Tools

Bro/Zeek

Suricata

forensic analysis tools

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an Incident Response Manager to lead IR engagements for diverse clients, performing triage, scoping, and malware analysis communication with executives. The role includes mentoring junior analysts, developing new detection approaches, and delivering high-quality reports to stakeholders.

The position emphasizes leadership in a remote-friendly environment with opportunities to influence security posture and contribute to thought leadership in AI-enabled incident response.