Tenex
Senior Incident Responder
Kansas City, MO SOC, Remote. Posted 4 months ago
The role
You will lead incident investigations from detection through recovery and act as a strategic advisor to clients during active incidents. You will also improve response playbooks, build data collection toolkits, and mentor SOC analysts.
What you will do
- Lead incident investigations from detection through containment, eradication, and recovery.
- Act as a strategic advisor to clients through active incidents.
- Turn lessons from real incidents into better detections and repeatable response procedures.
- Design and build data collection and preservation toolkit.
- Work with engineering to automate key processes in the TENEX platform.
- Build and deliver the custom incident response readiness assessment program.
- Partner across business units to close gaps and drive product improvements.
- Provide coaching to SOC analysts to raise the bar on investigation quality.
Required qualifications
- 5+ years in incident response with at least 2 years as a tier 3 analyst
- At least 2 years experience working actual incidents end-to-end
- Deep knowledge of attacker techniques, forensics, and modern detection tooling (SIEM/SOAR, EDR)
- Cloud incident response experience across AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical teams and customers
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Nice to have
- Experience in an MDR/MSSP environment
- Threat-hunting or detection-engineering background
- Experience presenting findings to executive or client stakeholders
- Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, or CISSP
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to lead high-stakes investigations
- Clear path to grow into incident response leadership
- Culture of growth and development
About the company
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. It is a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors.