Cyber Security Operations Engineer

Overview

We're seeking a highly skilled Cyber Security Operations Engineer III to lead advanced incident response, threat detection, and security operations. This role provides technical leadership across cybersecurity infrastructure, threat operations, and incident response, while mentoring junior team members and driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will bring deep, multidisciplinary expertise across systems, networking, and application security, as well as hands-on leadership experience in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead major incident response efforts as the incident owner.
• Perform advanced analysis of exploits (malware, intrusions, unauthorized use) and identify attack surfaces and pivots.
• Hunt for vulnerabilities and stealthy attackers; conduct penetration testing and review vulnerability assessments.
• Document incident activities, provide updates to leadership, and drive post-incident reviews.
• Act as an escalation point for cyber security infrastructure issues, providing Tier 3 support.
• Guide operational strategy for security tools, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineering teams during IT projects to ensure solutions meet security and monitoring standards.
• Ensure technologies are implemented with prevention, detection, and response capabilities.
• Provide leadership in investigating escalated threats, developing playbooks, and implementing best practices.
• Score and remediate cyber security risks, validate mitigation efforts, and improve risk posture.
• Stay current on detection, analysis, and adversary techniques; recommend improvements to tools and processes.
• Mentor junior staff and coordinate training programs.
• Ensure proper documentation of systems, diagrams, and processes.
• Develop security awareness content and provide education across IT and business units.

Qualifications

Additional Details

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