Threat Response Engineer — Strategic Cybersecurity Execution

T-Mobile; Downers Grove (IL); On-site; USD 103,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual stock grant

Employee stock purchase plan

401(k)

Job summary

T-Mobile seeks a cybersecurity engineering professional to strengthen Threat Response (TR) within the Security Operations Center and Incident Response teams. The role focuses on proactive risk identification, deployment of mitigation measures, and leading initiatives to enhance threat detection and remediation.

Expect to coordinate across IT and business teams, manage TR roadmaps, and deliver capabilities that align with company goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of related work experience, OR advanced degree with 3 years (required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science or Information Technology (required)
• 4-7 years experience with security-related software and/or business process design (preferred)
• 4-7 years experience in technical project management and leading multi-functional solution design teams (preferred)
• 4-7 years experience in SOC or IR functions, including working knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, and EDR platforms and detection engineering practices (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Drives delivery of advanced security strategies, tools, and technologies across the TR organization, tracking technical execution of SOC and IR initiatives through to completion
• Proactively identifies technical risks, blockers, and dependencies across TR initiatives and drives effective mitigation or remediation measures to safeguard the company's systems and data
• Collaborates with various IT and business teams to align with TR goals
• Maintains the TR roadmap by monitoring technical readiness and status across people, process, and technology commitments
• Participates in other duties or projects as assigned by business management as needed

Skills

Cybersecurity knowledge

Security Operations

Technical communication

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Advanced degree in CS/IT

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Job description

T-Mobile seeks a cybersecurity engineering professional to strengthen Threat Response (TR) within the Security Operations Center and Incident Response teams. The role focuses on proactive risk identification, deployment of mitigation measures, and leading initiatives to enhance threat detection and remediation.

Expect to coordinate across IT and business teams, manage TR roadmaps, and deliver capabilities that align with company goals.