Senior Incident Response Leader — Cybersecurity

Apply; Town of Belgium (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly culture

Quarterly meetups

Annual company retreats

Thursday socials

Generous time-off policy

Job summary

Eye Security is seeking a Staff Cyber Security Specialist (f/m/x) to strengthen Incident Response and Security Operations across a large, product-driven MDR platform serving 1,000+ customers in Europe. You will lead engagements from investigation through recovery and mentor junior responders, reporting to the Director of Security Operations.

You will work with advanced tooling, collaborate with CERTs, military, and consulting professionals, and contribute to internal research initiatives and

Qualifications

• 6+ years in cybersecurity with hands-on incident response and security operations.
• Ability to independently lead cyber incidents end-to-end.
• In-depth knowledge of Windows, Linux, and macOS, security architectures.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, networking, and network security principles.
• Experience with EDR platforms such as CrowdStrike Falcon, Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne.
• Knowledge of cloud environments and cloud security across Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Strong investigative and analytical skills with experience collecting and analyzing evidence during security incidents.
• Ability to communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring or coaching other security professionals.
• Strong ownership, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English (internal working language).
• C2 Fluency in Dutch (required for client communication).

Responsibilities

• Act as a leading technical authority within Security Operations, taking ownership of strategic improvement initiatives and helping shape the future direction of our incident response and security operations capabilities.
• Lead cyber incident response engagements from intake through recovery.
• Act as the technical lead during investigations, coordinating response activities and driving outcomes.
• Conduct forensic investigations to determine attack scope, root cause, and impact.
• Support customers during active cybersecurity incidents and provide clear technical guidance.
• Support MDR and Security Operations activities when not engaged in active incident response cases.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders, including management, legal counsel, law enforcement, and regulators when required.
• Mentor junior and medior responders and help raise the technical maturity of the team.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of incident response methodologies, playbooks, and operational processes.

Skills

Incident Response

Digital Forensics

Security Operations

Threat Intelligence

Communication

Mentoring

English Fluency

Dutch Fluency

Windows OS

Linux OS

macOS

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

SentinelOne

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Eye Security is seeking a Staff Cyber Security Specialist (f/m/x) to strengthen Incident Response and Security Operations across a large, product-driven MDR platform serving 1,000+ customers in Europe. You will lead engagements from investigation through recovery and mentor junior responders, reporting to the Director of Security Operations.

You will work with advanced tooling, collaborate with CERTs, military, and consulting professionals, and contribute to internal research initiatives and