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66degrees

Incident Response Manager

66degrees

. Provide direct day-to-day management to an initial team of 5 security analysts.

Posted 5/18/2026contractChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide direct day-to-day management to an initial team of 5 security analysts.
  • Oversee and continuously optimize end-to-end incident response workflows.
  • Leverage specialized expertise to hunt for, detect, and neutralize sophisticated cyber threats across the enterprise environment.
  • Monitor and maintain central network security defenses, including firewall management, configuration tracking, and rule optimization.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Minimum of 3+ years of professional leadership/management experience within a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Incident Response team.
  • Specialized, hands-on experience in modern threat detection strategies, malware analysis, and adversarial tactics.
  • Proven proficiency with Enterprise Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms (e.g., CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne) to hunt and isolate endpoint threats.
  • Deep understanding of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) architectures for log analysis, correlation rule building, and alert optimization.
  • Practical experience managing network architecture security defenses, with specific hands-on capabilities in firewall management and network protocols.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools
incident responsethreat detectionmalware analysisadversarial tacticsfirewall managementnetwork protocolslog analysiscorrelation rule buildingalert optimizationendpoint threat isolation
Soft Skills
leadershipmanagementteam managementoptimizationcommunication