Principal Incident Response Engineer (AI)

Location: Remote, United States of America

Salary: $117,200–$157,500 base pay per year

Company

Purpose-driven technology supports social impact organizations through responsible AI, innovation, trust, and human expertise.

What you will do

• Analyze security events and indicators to determine incident nature and severity.
• Respond to security incidents and serve as technical lead for high-severity cases.
• Coordinate containment, mitigation, recovery, and remediation across cross-functional teams.
• Conduct digital forensic investigations across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud workloads.
• Lead intelligence-driven threat hunts and partner with detection engineering to expand MITRE ATT&CK coverage.
• Develop AI/LLM workflows to improve incident detection and response, and participate in the on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of cyber incident response experience in a relevant environment.
• Expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, and cloud monitoring solutions.
• Strong knowledge of incident response methodologies, including containment, eradication, and recovery, plus NIST, SANS, and CSA frameworks.
• Ability to acquire and analyze endpoint and network artifacts, volatile memory, malicious files, binaries, and scripts.
• Experience with EnCase, FTK, Axiom, Cellebrite, or comparable forensic tools.
• Ability to collaborate with forensic analysts, law enforcement, and legal experts while preserving electronic evidence.

Nice to have

• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GFCA, GREM, or ECIH.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-flexible workforce.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) program with employer match.
• Flexible paid time off and generous parental leave.
• Wellness programs, pet insurance, legal and identity protection, and tuition reimbursement.