Senior Cyber Defense Engineer

Emory University

. The Senior Cyber Defense Engineer has responsibilities in multiple information security disciplines relevant to the team such as: incident response, vulnerability management, intrusion detection and prevention, threat intelligence, and security operations, in cloud and on-premise environments.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Senior Cyber Defense Engineer has responsibilities in multiple information security disciplines relevant to the team such as: incident response, vulnerability management, intrusion detection and prevention, threat intelligence, and security operations, in cloud and on-premise environments.
Investigates and responds to cyber incidents within the network environment.
Collects data from a variety of security monitoring tools, including intrusion detection system alerts, firewall and network traffic logs, and host system logs to analyze events that occur within the environment.
Determines and documents information security requirements and controls necessary for the protection of information resources.
Provides guidance and assistance regarding information security matters such as the interpretation of information security policies and requirements or their applicability to particular situations.
Participates in information security incident response activities, risk assessment and risk management activities, and vulnerability assessment and vulnerability management activities spanning multiple business units.
Participates in information security projects and initiatives.
Performs operational tasks supporting information security functions such as intrusion detection and prevention, security monitoring, vulnerability remediation, security incident prevention and remediation.
Supports, maintains, monitors, troubleshoots and enhances security monitoring and response tools, methodologies, software, and hardware.
Analyzes data from Information Security tools and provides reports and recommended response actions to Information Security management.
Represents Information Security to other organizations on information security related matters, as assigned.
Publishes regular status reports and submits to management.
Performs related responsibilities as required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A bachelor's degree and six years of related IT experience including demonstrated advanced technical knowledge in multiple information security domains
Excellent task management and team participation skills
Good written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and safety information not applicable
Remote work classification is fully remote

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Hard Skills & Tools

incident responsevulnerability managementintrusion detectionthreat intelligencesecurity operationsrisk assessmentrisk managementsecurity monitoringvulnerability remediationdata analysis

Soft Skills

task managementteam participationwritten communicationverbal communication