Principal Incident Response & Cyber Defense Lead

Job Title : Principal Incident Response & Cyber Defense Lead Location : Holmdel, NJ OR New York City Type : Full Time Salary : $180K- $200K+ 25% Bonus Overview: Our Financial client is seeking a highly technical cyber security leader to serve as a key partner to the Head of Cyber Defense. This is primarily a hands‑on role (approximately 80% technical, 20% leadership) focused on leading complex cyber investigations, threat hunting, detection engineering, and incident response activities across the enterprise. The ideal candidate is an experienced practitioner who remains close to the technology, enjoys solving difficult security problems, and can mentor and guide less experienced analysts. This is not a traditional people‑management role. What You’ll Do Lead investigations of advanced cyber threats, security incidents, and insider risk events. Serve as the senior escalation point for high‑severity incidents and act as incident commander when required. Conduct proactive threat hunting across cloud, SaaS, endpoint, network, and identity environments. Develop and improve detection use cases, analytics, and response playbooks. Partner with SOC teams to enhance monitoring, triage, containment, and response capabilities. Drive improvements in logging, monitoring, user behavior analytics (UBA), and threat detection coverage. Perform digital forensics, root cause analysis, and post‑incident reviews. Support incident response exercises, readiness assessments, and cyber crisis simulations. Mentor analysts and help elevate the technical capabilities of the cyber defense team. Collaborate with security leadership on strategy, tooling, and continuous improvement initiatives. What We’re Looking For 7-10+ years of cybersecurity experience with a strong background in Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Threat Hunting, or Cyber Defense. Deep understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Hands‑on experience investigating complex security incidents in enterprise environments. Strong experience with SIEM, endpoint telemetry, cloud security monitoring, and log analytics platforms. Experience developing detections, threat hunts, and response playbooks. Knowledge of malware analysis, digital forensics, insider threat, and user behavior analytics. Familiarity with NIST CSF and modern incident response frameworks. Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical teams and executive stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to mentor and influence others without relying on formal authority. Benefits Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week) Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week) Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week) MetLife Voluntary Benefits Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 401K Retirement Savings Plan Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll Referral Bonus Programs Certification and training opportunities Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. #J-18808-Ljbffr Yoh Services LLC