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Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity – Threat Response

Job in South Naperville Area, Will County, Illinois, 60564, USA
Listing for: Jobtailor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-02
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 120000 - 170000 USD Yearly USD 120000.00 170000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Responsibilities

  • Conduct analysis of security alerts, incidents, and threat intelligence to identify potential risks and assess impact to systems and business operations.
  • Lead and support cybersecurity incident response activities, including detection, investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and post‑incident review.
  • Serve as Incident Commander during cybersecurity incidents, coordinating multi‑functional response efforts, driving decision‑making, managing communications, and ensuring timely resolution of security events.
  • Conduct proactive investigations to identify emerging threats, validate security controls, and improve detection and response capabilities.
  • Develop and implement response procedures and mitigation strategies to reduce organizational risk.
  • Collaborate with internal technology teams and business partners to investigate security events and drive remediation efforts.
  • Partner closely with network, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to investigate security incidents impacting enterprise and telecommunications environments.
  • Document incident findings, root cause analysis, response actions, and lessons learned in accordance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Communicate incident status, technical findings, and remediation recommendations to leadership and key collaborators.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of detection and response capabilities through process enhancements, tuning opportunities, automation, and knowledge sharing.
  • Monitor evolving threat activity and apply industry standards to improve organizational resilience.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentoring to peers and junior team members.
  • Participate in cybersecurity initiatives and projects assigned by management.
  • Participate in an on‑call rotation to provide after‑hours support for cybersecurity incident escalations originating from the Security Operations Center (SOC).
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of related work experience OR Advanced degree with 3 years of related experience
  • Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science or Information Technology.
  • 4–7 years experience with security related software and/or business process design.
  • 4–7 years experience in technical project management and leading multi-functional solution design teams.
  • 4–7 years experience in network information security, including firewall policy design, SSL certificate management, and vulnerability analysis and mitigation.
  • Experience supporting cybersecurity operations, security investigations, or incident response activities.
  • Experience with enterprise security technologies and security monitoring platforms.
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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