Cybersecurity

Staff Incident Responder

Quincy Hayes
Quincy Hayes
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Posted on 23 October 2026
$200K-$220K + Bonus + Equity
Permanent
Cambridge, MA or Remote
Cybersecurity
33075

Opportunity description

Job Title:
Staff Incident Responder

Job Title: Staff Incident Responder
Job Location: Cambridge, MA hybrid or remote
Compensation: $200K-$220K + Bonus + Equity

Join a highly regarded biotech organization known for advancing breakthrough therapies and scaling globally. They are looking for a senior incident response leader who can run complex investigations end to end and help mature detection and response through engineering, automation, and better telemetry.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead complex incident response investigations including containment, eradication, and recovery across a global environment

  • Conduct advanced threat hunting and forensic analysis across endpoint, cloud, network, and identity signals

  • Improve detection coverage and response speed through tuning, automation, and better workflows

  • Build and enhance playbooks, tooling, scripts, and integrations that make response more scalable

  • Communicate findings clearly and drive remediation with partners across technology teams

What You Bring

  • 8 plus years in incident response, DFIR, threat hunting, or security operations in enterprise environments including cloud

  • Strong investigation skills across endpoint, cloud, network, and identity with ability to correlate multiple data sources

  • Scripting and automation capability such as Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash

  • Deep knowledge of attacker tactics and techniques and experience using MITRE ATT and CK

  • Confidence leading high pressure investigations and translating technical risk to varied stakeholders

Why This Role?

You will have real ownership of high impact investigations while also shaping how detection and response improves over time through engineering and automation.

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