Principal Incident Response Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, Aug 24, 2026
This job expires in: 23 days
Job Summary
Leading major cybersecurity incidents, the full-time remote Principal Incident Response Security Engineer will manage detection, containment, and recovery efforts while developing incident response playbooks and optimizing security monitoring across the enterprise.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and manage major cybersecurity incidents from detection through post-incident review
- Develop and maintain incident response playbooks, runbooks, and escalation procedures
- Conduct forensic investigations and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enforce secure configurations
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Current and active CISSP Certification
- 6+ years of experience in enterprise cybersecurity
- 5+ years of experience with EDR, SIEM, and email/network security
- 3+ years of experience with cloud environment security and scripting/coding
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