Cybersecurity Engineer - Incident Response

Location: Huntsville, AL Salary: $130,000.00 USD Annually - $170,000.00 USD Annually Description: Our client is currently seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer - Incident Response

**This is a hybrid position and will be 2 days a week on-site out of Dayton, OH or Huntsville, AL

**This is a direct-hire position

**An active Secret or Top Secret clearance is required

**An active CompTIA Security + is required

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Position Responsibilities
  
  • Investigate and respond to security incidents involving endpoints, identities, email, cloud services, and enterprise infrastructure.
  1. Perform incident scoping, timeline reconstruction, root cause analysis, and impact assessments using available telemetry and forensic evidence.
  1. Coordinate containment, eradication, and recovery activities with system owners while minimizing business disruption.
  1. Use Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, and Microsoft Entra ID to investigate threats and support response actions.
  1. Develop and tune Kusto Query Language (KQL) queries, analytics rules, detections, and hunting queries to improve threat visibility and reduce false positives.
  1. Improve security logging, data collection, and platform integrations to address gaps identified during investigations.
  1. Develop and maintain incident response plans, playbooks, runbooks, escalation procedures, and incident classification criteria.
  1. Lead or support post-incident reviews, document lessons learned, and track corrective actions through completion.
  1. Identify recurring incident patterns and implement engineering changes that address underlying weaknesses.
  1. Partner with automation engineers to streamline alert enrichment, evidence collection, case management, and approved containment actions.
  1. Produce clear incident reports that document findings, business impact, response actions, and recommended improvements.
  1. Conduct tabletop exercises and technical response drills to validate procedures and strengthen team readiness.
  1. Preserve investigation evidence and maintain accurate records in accordance with organizational requirements.
  1. Measure incident response effectiveness through detection and containment times, repeat incidents, playbook coverage, and corrective action completion.
  1. Support incident response coverage, including participation in an established on-call rotation as required.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• • Three or more years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, incident response, security operations, or a related technical role.
  1. Hands-on experience investigating and responding to incidents in Microsoft-based enterprise environments.
  1. Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Microsoft Defender XDR.
  1. Proficiency with KQL for log analysis, threat hunting, and detection development.
  1. Working knowledge of Windows security, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Azure.
  1. Understanding of incident response frameworks and the ability to apply structured investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery practices.
  1. Experience analyzing endpoint, identity, email, and network telemetry to identify malicious activity and determine incident scope.
  1. Familiarity with PowerShell or Python for investigation support, data analysis, and repetitive task automation.
  1. Demonstrated ability to improve incident response procedures, detection coverage, or security platform configurations.
  1. Strong technical writing and communication skills, including the ability to explain incident findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
  1. Ability to remain organized, exercise sound judgment, and coordinate response activities under pressure.
  1. Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
  
  Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies
  
  • Experience with Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Intune, or Microsoft Purview.
  1. Experience supporting Azure Government, Microsoft GCC High, or other regulated environments.
  1. Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and using adversary techniques to guide investigations and improve detections.
  1. Experience with digital forensics, malware triage, or business email compromise investigations.
  1. Experience building response workflows using Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, or comparable orchestration tools.
  1. Familiarity with CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 incident response and audit evidence requirements.
  1. Relevant Microsoft security certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate, or comparable demonstrated expertise.

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