CareerPlan

Staff IT Security Analyst-Incident Response

Salt Lake City, UT, USFull-time$161k–$250k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Lead incident response, threat detection, investigation, and remediation while shaping security tools and automation to strengthen defenses.

Role type

Staff IT Security Analyst-Incident Response (Lead-level, hands-on technical leader)

Builds

Cloud threat analytics, SOAR automation, detection logic, and security capabilities across cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines

Domain

Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Incident Response

Required skills

Incident response and investigation, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, SIEM content development, Cloud infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK), Scripting (Bash, Python), Open-source security tools, AWS APIs and services, CI/CD pipeline security, Cloud and data security architecture

Preferred skills

15+ years of Information Security experience, Distance education experience

Technologies

AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, EC2, VPC, CloudFront, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, IAM), ServiceNow, MITRE ATT&CK, Kali, Nessus, Burp, NMap, Metasploit, Wireshark

Responsibilities

Lead complex incident response and investigation efforts including forensic support and remediation; Develop detection logic and security content aligned to MITRE ATT&CK; Architect and build cloud threat analytics using log correlation and AI/ML; Design and implement SOAR and security automation; Identify security gaps and lead technical solutions from architecture to operation; Mentor analysts and provide hands-on guidance during security situations

Seniority

Staff, hands-on technical leader with mentorship responsibilities