Manager, Cyber Incident Response

Location: Fully remote from a non-hirify.global worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence; role location listed as Orlando, Florida, United States. Participation in a manager on-call rotation and support for a 24x7x365 global environment are required. External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location.

Salary: USD 110,000–170,000 yearly, bonus eligible.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, news, theme park, consumer product, and experience offerings.

What you will do

• Manage Incident Response operations, including prioritization, resource allocation, shift coverage, tooling, workflows, escalations, and queue health.
• Oversee cyber incidents from escalation and validation through containment, remediation, recovery support, documentation, and closure.
• Serve as an Incident Handler, Incident Commander, and managerial escalation point for significant incidents and responder support needs.
• Lead governance and improvement of response processes, playbooks, metrics, technical procedures, tuning requests, and automation opportunities.
• Coordinate with Information Security Officers, business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, partner teams, and senior leadership.
• Lead, coach, and develop Incident Response personnel; prepare executive reporting on operational effectiveness, risk reduction, trends, and business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an information technology-related field or equivalent work experience.
• Seven or more years of cybersecurity or investigations experience, including at least four years in Incident Response, a Security Operations Center, threat intelligence, or a similar function.
• Experience leading incident response operations, cybersecurity personnel, or complex incident coordination.
• In-depth understanding of cyber threats, adversary techniques, response procedures, network and enterprise architecture, and threat detection.
• Ability to make evidence-based decisions under uncertainty and coordinate response activities across multiple teams.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced, high-demand role with possible nonstandard working hours, including escalation support in a 24x7x365 global environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, incidents, and escalation paths.
• Working knowledge of web application architecture, networking, identity, endpoint, email, and cloud services.
• Experience with host-based and network-based forensic tools and analysis.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, the Cyber Kill Chain, the Diamond Model, and NIST incident response guidance.
• Experience applying security concepts in AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Knowledge of EDR, XDR, SOAR, case management, and response automation capabilities.
• Experience developing or improving incident-management processes, playbooks, metrics, or automation.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for briefing technical professionals, business stakeholders, and senior executives.
• Strong leadership, coaching, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt to changing and fast-paced environments.

Nice to have

• Prior experience managing a Cyber Incident Response, Security Operations Center, or related cyber defense function.
• Experience supporting incident response or SOC operations for a large, complex, or global enterprise.
• Hands-on familiarity with endpoint detection and response, forensic, network-analysis, email-security, and cloud-security technologies.
• Security certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, GCIA, CISSP, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated success improving operational discipline, employee development, cross-team coordination, and executive communication.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work from a non-hirify.global worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and additional discounts and perks.
• Inclusive culture focused on employee development, community impact, and diverse content creation.