Senior Incident Response Engineer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions we believe that everything starts with our people. Were a global close-knit community united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration thats critical for safer communities safer schools safer hospitals safer businesses and ultimately safer nations. Connect with a career that matters and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

We are seeking a battle-tested Senior Incident Response Engineer to join our world-class security program. This is not a ticket-working role; you will be the primary investigator for high-impact events and a proactive hunter tasked with reducing attacker dwell time.

Core Focus: Incident Leadership & Response

• Lead High-Impact Incidents: Act as the primary Incident Response Lead (IRL) for complex security events directing containment eradication and recovery.

• Advanced Digital Forensics: Perform deep-dive analysis (host memory network) to determine breach scope and impact.

• Root Cause & Remediation: Execute thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and lead After-Action Reviews (AAR) to ensure every incident results in a permanent security improvement.

• Containment Strategy: Develop and deploy immediate strategies to isolate threats and minimize organizational damage.

Detection Analysis & Hunting

• Proactive Threat Hunting: Design and execute hunt missions to identify undetected malicious activity.

• Detection Engineering: Tune SIEM/EDR rules and develop high-fidelity detections based on Purple Team findings and emerging threat intel.

• Malware Analysis: Conduct static and dynamic analysis to understand adversary TTPs and extract actionable IOCs.

• SOC Escalation: Serve as the final technical authority for high-priority security anomalies.

Strategy & Process Improvement

• Playbook Development: Create and refine IR plans runbooks and SOPs to automate repetitive tasks and increase efficiency.

• Security Architecture: Evaluate and tune security tools (SOAR EDR SIEM) to enhance global posture.

• Mentorship: Coach junior staff on advanced forensic techniques and investigative logic.

Basic Requirements

• 4 years of experience in a similar position

• Proven track record leading high-severity investigations and mentoring junior analysts through complex response efforts.

• Power-user experience with Splunk (SIEM) and Palo Alto (XSOAR) to detect investigate and automate threats.

• Deep familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain to identify and pivot on attack TTPs across Windows Linux and MacOS.

• Ability to build tools and automate workflows using Python PowerShell or Bash.

• Skilled at distilling complex technical data into succinct reports and willing to support high-pressure incidents during non-standard hours.

In return for your expertise well support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also to reward your hard work youll get:

• Competitive salary package

• Private medical & dental coverage

• Employee Pension Plan

• Life insurance

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Flexible working hours

• Strong collaborative culture

• Comfortable work conditions (high-class offices parking space)

• Volleyball field and grill place next to the office

• Access to wellness facilities and integration events as well as training and broad

• Development opportunities

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Relocation Provided

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EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.