Senior Incident Response Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Hourly
Reviewed: Mon, Sep 14, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
To support a growing Security Operations Center, the full-time Senior Incident Response Engineer will lead critical security incidents, perform forensic analysis, and improve incident response processes in a remote environment.
Key responsibilities
- Respond to and manage escalated security incidents, coordinating communications and executing the Incident Response Plan
- Conduct comprehensive forensic analysis across hosts, networks, and cloud environments to determine root causes and impacts
- Develop and enhance incident response playbooks and automated workflows in collaboration with SOC teams
Required qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in Incident Response and Digital Forensics
- 5+ years of experience with SIEM, EDR, and threat investigation
- 4+ years of experience in SOC operations and incident automation
- 3+ years of experience in cloud and network forensics
- 1+ year of experience with AI-assisted security tools and automation
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