Associate Director, Cyber Defense - Staff Incident Responder

The Associate Director, Cyber Defense – Staff Incident Responder will play a critical role in protecting the enterprise by leading complex cyber investigations and advancing detection and response capabilities across a global environment.

What You Will Do

Lead complex cyber investigations and incident response, perform advanced forensic analysis, and proactive threat hunting, translate investigation findings into scalable improvements in detection coverage, telemetry, and response effectiveness.

Why It Might Be a Fit

8+ years of hands-on experience in incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, or security operations, deep investigative expertise across endpoint, cloud, network, and identity domains, strong scripting and automation skills.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, or security operations within enterprise environments (including cloud)
• Deep investigative expertise across endpoint, cloud, network, and identity domains, including correlation of multi-source telemetry and forensic artifacts
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash) to support scalable investigation and response workflows
• Proven ability to independently lead complex investigations and make high-confidence technical decisions in high-pressure environments
• Strong understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, including experience with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience applying industry incident response frameworks (e.g., NIST, CISA) in real-world scenarios
• Demonstrated impact improving detection and response through tooling, process, or program enhancements
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-wide impact
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical findings, risks, and recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• life and disability insurance
• lifestyle reimbursement program
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• 401(k) with a generous company match
• paid time off
• wellness days
• holidays
• two company-wide recharge breaks
• generous family resources and leave