Cybersecurity Incident Commander

Role Overview:

• Serve as the incident response point person and liaison during crisis situations, coordinating resources, activities, and timelines to ensure a structured response.
• Work under the Security Operations lead to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover systems from cyber threats and incidents.
• Conduct initial triage, assess tactics, and make rapid decisions to contain and remediate security events.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in rotating on-call and lead forensic investigators and analysts in proactive threat-hunting engagements.
• Develop and maintain security operations playbooks, SIEM strategy, and logging/monitoring improvements.
• Review and recommend technical, process, and physical controls to counteract damage from breach events.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years in incident response, cybersecurity, or IT risk management, with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and US work authorization.
• Strong understanding of network security, evidence recovery, malware analysis, and CND policies.

Culture & Benefits:

• Valiant is a multi-year Best Places to Work winner with a distributed workforce and employee-centric culture.
• Eligible full-time employees receive medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, paid federal holidays, and professional development support.
• Remote work requires a quiet, distraction-free workspace and alignment with core business hours.