Operations Security Advisor​/Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer, Sr

Position Overview

The Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer, Senior leads complex incident response efforts for enterprise networks and mission‑critical systems, owning the technical direction and coordination of high‑impact events in a highly regulated environment. This role applies ITIL‑aligned incident management principles to structure major incident handling while maintaining deep technical focus on threat containment and eradication. It also drives proactive cybersecurity initiatives, including automation, custom scripting, and advanced defensive engineering, to strengthen the organization’s ability to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to sophisticated adversarial tactics.

The Senior Engineer develops and deploys scalable countermeasures, enhances SOC tooling and integrations, and implements advanced detection and response programs to defend against complex attacks. This role also mentors junior responders, shapes incident response governance, and influences broader security architecture and operations based on emerging threats and incident trends.

• Lead major incident bridges and war rooms, orchestrating technical teams, tracking actions, and making time‑critical decisions to restore service and mitigate business risk.
• Integrate ITIL incident and major incident management practices with technical response workflows, ensuring disciplined prioritization, communication, and closure.
• Design and optimize incident detection and response processes, including playbooks, escalation paths, and automation, to improve consistency, speed, and quality of response.
• Build automation, orchestration, and custom scripting solutions to reduce manual workload, enhance triage and response, and streamline containment and eradication actions.
• Perform advanced threat and forensic analysis of endpoint, network, identity, and cloud data to understand attacker objectives, lateral movement, and persistence mechanisms.
• Partner with problem management and change management functions to translate incident findings into long‑term corrective actions, configuration changes, and risk‑reducing initiatives.
• Define and track incident metrics such as MTTR, MTTD, incident volume, and recurrence, using data to identify systemic weaknesses and to brief leadership on operational risk.
• Provide technical and procedural coaching to incident handlers and SOC analysts, elevating investigative techniques, documentation quality, and stakeholder communication.

• 8+ years of progressive IT and cybersecurity experience with significant responsibility for incident response and major incident leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT,
  Cybersecurity
  , Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong understanding of ITIL principles and incident management best practices, including experience with major incident processes.
• Proficiency with incident management and service management tools integrated with security operations.
• Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous incidents.
• Candidates must possess a current secret security clearance.

• Demonstrated leadership of ITIL‑based major incident processes in large enterprises, including executive and customer‑facing communications.
• Strong experience with enterprise incident management tools and service management platforms integrated with SOC and cyber defense functions.
• Certifications such as ITIL Foundation plus advanced cybersecurity or incident response credentials evidencing both service management and deep technical capability.
• At least one cybersecurity‑related professional certification — or the ability to obtain one within one year of hire — such as Security+, CySA+, GSEC, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, CISM or another industry‑recognized equivalent.

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