Senior Incident Responder

Job Title: Senior Incident Responder
Location: Chicago, IL
Compensation: Up to $200K + 10% Bonus

About the Role

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Senior Incident Responder to join its Security Operations team and lead the response to complex cybersecurity incidents.

The position offers the opportunity to work closely with security analysts, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to minimize risk, strengthen response processes, and improve overall security resilience.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate escalated cybersecurity incidents and major security events from investigation through resolution

• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex security incidents and active threat investigations

• Conduct in-depth forensic analysis utilizing SIEM, EDR/XDR, and forensic investigation tools

• Coordinate containment, remediation, and recovery efforts across technical teams

• Document incident timelines, technical findings, remediation actions, and key decisions throughout the incident lifecycle

• Produce post-incident reports and contribute to lessons-learned reviews

• Develop and enhance incident response playbooks, standard operating procedures, and runbooks

• Collaborate with SOC leadership to improve workflows based on emerging threats and operational learnings

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior analysts and security team members

• Identify gaps in detection and response capabilities and recommend improvements

• Support tabletop exercises, security readiness initiatives, and capability assessments

• Partner with teams to improve alerting, automation, and defensive security controls

Requirements & Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

• 5+ years of incident response and digital forensics experience

• Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike security technologies

• Experience conducting complex security investigations and threat analysis

• Detection engineering experience with a strong understanding of threat detection methodologies

• Strong knowledge of incident response processes, containment strategies, and remediation techniques

• Experience working with SIEM, EDR/XDR, and forensic analysis platforms

• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills

Why Join?

• Opportunity to lead high-impact cybersecurity investigations within a large and complex enterprise environment

• Exposure to advanced security operations, incident response, and forensic investigations

• Collaborative security team with opportunities to mentor and influence operational strategy

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, parental leave, and employee assistance programs

• Retirement savings programs, employee stock purchase opportunities, transportation benefits, banking benefits, and pet insurance

• Strong commitment to employee growth, development, and career advancement