Threat Response Engineer: Strategic Execution & SOC Impact

T-MOBILE USA, Inc.; Factoria (WA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual stock grant

Employee stock purchase plan

401(k)

Free money coaches

Job summary

T-Mobile USA, Inc. is seeking a cybersecurity engineering professional to strengthen Threat Response (TR) by driving delivery of security strategies and coordinating across SOC and IR teams.

The role focuses on proactive risk mitigation, alignment with TR goals, and ongoing improvements to security capabilities. The ideal candidate has 4–7 years in SOC/IR and experience with SIEM, SOAR, and EDR, along with strong technical communication and project leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of related work experience OR Advanced degree with 3 years of related experience (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

Security software experience

Tech project management

SOC/IR experience with SIEM/SOAR/EDR

Technical communication

Cybersecurity

Security engineering

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience

Advanced degree + 3 years experience

CS or IT study

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Job description

T-Mobile USA, Inc. is seeking a cybersecurity engineering professional to strengthen Threat Response (TR) by driving delivery of security strategies and coordinating across SOC and IR teams.

The role focuses on proactive risk mitigation, alignment with TR goals, and ongoing improvements to security capabilities. The ideal candidate has 4–7 years in SOC/IR and experience with SIEM, SOAR, and EDR, along with strong technical communication and project leadership skills.