Remote Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) Lead
Take the Lead in Defining Security for the Modern Remote World
Security threats evolve by the hourâso should your ambition. As the driving force behind our global Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), youâll shape how distributed teams prevent, detect, and resolve cyber incidents that matter to millions. Your leadership ensures weâre always a step aheadânot just compliant, but truly resilient.
What Sets This Role Apart
Youâll orchestrate response strategies that keep real peopleâand their dataâsafe, every single day.
Success here isnât just about closing tickets. Itâs about restoring trust and empowering our teams to move with confidence.
Remote by design, youâll lead an agile, virtual-first team that thrives on collaboration, transparency, and relentless curiosity.
The Impact Youâll Make
Transform chaos into clarity during high-stakes incidents, guiding teams from uncertainty to resolution.
Build a culture of proactive defenseâwhere learning, knowledge-sharing, and technical excellence are the norm.
Turn threat intelligence into real-world protections, shaping tools and processes the industry will benchmark against.
Every policy you shape and every response you lead sends a signal: we value people, privacy, and progress.
How Youâll Drive Outcomes
Develop playbooks that become the gold standard for rapid incident containment and root cause analysis.
Partner with engineering, product, and legal experts to build unified responses that balance speed and thoroughness.
Coach and mentor SIRT members, turning learning moments into career-defining growth.
Manage critical communicationsâboth internally and externallyâso that every stakeholder is informed about the facts, the impact, and what comes next.
Your analysis will directly influence our roadmap for security automation, tooling, and process evolution.
Guide tabletop exercises and live simulations that stress-test our readinessâso we never just hope weâre prepared.
Lead post-incident retrospectives that transform challenges into actionable improvements for global teams.
Skills & Experience That Fuel Success
You make calm look easyâeven when seconds count and stakes are high.
Experience leading security incident response in remote or distributed environments.
You simplify complex technical details for any audience, whether itâs over Zoom or a quick Slack message.
Youâre hands-on with SIEM, EDR, and modern cloud security tools; you turn threat data into insights that drive decisions.
Familiar with regulatory frameworks (think GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and how they shape practical security.
You empower your team to think critically, act decisively, and growâevery single week.
The Tools & Tech Youâll Shape
Guide the integration of next-gen toolsâfrom cloud-native EDR platforms to automated threat intelligence feeds.
Our stack includes Splunk, CrowdStrike, AWS Security Hub, and moreâbut youâll have a voice in what comes next.
Champion remote collaboration platforms (Slack, Jira, Notion) to ensure alignment, documentation, and knowledge transfer at scale.
How We Support You
Youâll join a people-first, impact-driven cultureâwhere continuous learning isnât just a perk, itâs a mandate.
Move quickly, but always with the time and support to go deep, ask âwhy,â and get it right.
Access to world-class resources, annual security conferences, and ongoing professional development tailored to your growth.
A remote environment designed for real flexibility and belongingâbring your true self, wherever you are.
The Environment Youâll Lead
Distributed, transparent, and always evolving. Youâll help define the standards for what a modern remote SIRT can achieve.
Our incident response playbooks and collaboration models set the pace for the industry. Your signature will be everywhere.
We donât just reactâwe anticipate. Youâll lead with foresight, curiosity, and the authority to shape whatâs next.
Compensation & Real-World Benefits
Annual salary: $146,000
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Generous PTO, wellness stipends, and a true remote-first ethos
Tech setup and home office budgetâso youâre always ready for whatâs next
Ready to Redefine What Security Leadership Looks Like?
If you see security as both a craft and a calling, youâre ready for this team. Letâs build trust, resilience, and impactâtogether, from anywhere.
Global Applicants Welcome: Candidates from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, India and other eligible regions worldwide are encouraged to apply.
Frequently Asked Questions
This role is responsible for leading the team that detects, analyzes, and responds to security incidents, ensures effective incident resolution, and enhances the organization's security posture.
This position requires a minimum of 7 years of cybersecurity experience, at least 3 years in incident response and security operations, and previous leadership or management experience.
This role involves handling various security incidents, including malware attacks, data breaches, and other cyber threats that could impact the organization's information systems.
This position involves working closely with IT, legal, compliance, and business units to coordinate incident responses and minimize their impact while providing timely updates and post-incident reports.
This role includes mentoring team members, conducting training exercises, and ensuring the team is well-prepared to respond to real-world incidents through regular simulations and development plans.