Information Security Incident Response Lead

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking for a hands-on and passionate Incident Response Lead to join our growing Security Team! While leading the Security Operations team at HRT, a typical day could include creating and automating security alerts, further improving our ability to detect and track known vulnerabilities. There’s a lot to do, and you’ll have the unique opportunity to focus on a wide range of operational projects while owning and strategically impacting all of HRT’s global cyber security systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and run HRT’s security detection and response program to protect HRT’s data and IP from both internal and external threats
• Hunt for, detect, and respond to malicious activity and anomalous events on devices and networks
• Develop tools to automate this detection and automatically find and address future vulnerabilities
• Construct pipelines for data security and regularly clean and analyze the data for signs of vulnerability and compromise
• Collaborate closely with our end user support team on investigations, vulnerability scanning across endpoints, responding to end user issues, and responding to software approval requests
• Create and maintain HRT’s data loss prevention rules
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships internally within HRT and externally with vendors

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in cyber security, with specific experience in security operations and vulnerability management
• 2+ years of people management experience
• High EQ; ability to empathize, reassure, and respond to sensitive incidents with compassion, professionalism, and clarity  
• Elasticsearch experience required - log analysis on the command line 
• Experience with threat intelligence, threat detection and threat hunting, especially in automating both
• Experience with Linux (Debian is a huge plus), macOS, and Windows forensics
• Python Scripting experience - you’ll have to pass a technical interview!
• Experience with basic data science for anomaly detection
• BS (or equivalent) in Computer Science
• Willingness to work an on-call rotation

Annual base salary range of $200,000 to $300,000. Pay (base and bonus) may vary depending on job-related skills and experience. A sign-on and discretionary performance bonus may be provided as part of the total compensation package, in addition to company-paid medical and/or other benefits.