Cyber Defense Response Analyst, AI & Automation Focus

Ford Motor Company

Cyber Defense Response Analyst creating AI tools to identify suspicious activities for Ford's Cyber Defense Center. Proactively safeguarding Ford’s technology, infrastructure, and applications.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $85,400 - $192,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityLinuxPythonTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide proactive and reactive security services to safeguard Ford’s technology, infrastructure, applications, and data.
Develop autonomous agents designed to analyze massive, complex datasets to identify "weak signals" and stealthy adversary behaviors that traditional SIEM and EDR tools often miss.
Translate complex AI concepts into actionable security outcomes while mentoring peers on emerging automated defense techniques.
Design, develop, and deploy autonomous AI agents to automate complex threat hunting tasks, alert triage, and incident investigations.
Execute hypothesis-driven hunting campaigns using AI/ML to identify anomalies, lateral movement, and "living-off-the-land" techniques across enterprise datasets.
Lead coordinated responses to major intrusions, phishing, and misuse of computing facilities using EDR, SIEM, and Cloud logs to minimize asset loss and threat propagation.
Build and maintain RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems and agents that correlate telemetry across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud environments.
Develop consistent and repeatable methods to resolve security incidents, ensuring high-quality results are delivered in a timely manner.
Ensure all incident response and data handling activities enable compliance with global laws, regulations, and due diligence requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, with a specific focus on Threat Hunting, SOC operations, Incident Response, or Red Teaming/Penetration Testing.
Proven experience applying machine learning or statistical analysis to large-scale security telemetry, including logs, endpoint data, network traffic, and cloud events.
Advanced Python skills with demonstrated experience building security automation, data correlation scripts, and interacting with LLM APIs.
Sound understanding of TCP/IP, networking concepts, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK and MITRE ATLAS frameworks.
Thorough knowledge of multiple operating systems, with primary proficiency in Linux and secondary proficiency in either Mac or Windows.
Strong deductive reasoning and problem-solving skills, with the ability to form and test complex hunt hypotheses and prioritize tasks under pressure.
Experience working in a fast-paced, high-stress environment with a disciplined approach to following detailed processes, procedures, and documentation.
Experience assisting in the development and maintenance of security tools, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and technical documentation.
Excellent customer service skills, including the ability to handle escalations, manage incident communications, and resolve complex security issues.
Demonstrated high level of independent initiative, drive for results, and personal integrity.
Personal flexibility to accommodate a day-to-day work schedule that may require significant overtime or limited travel during global or high-visibility incidents.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

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Hard Skills & Tools

CybersecurityThreat HuntingIncident ResponseRed TeamingPenetration TestingMachine LearningStatistical AnalysisPythonTCP/IPOperating Systems

Soft Skills

Deductive ReasoningProblem-SolvingCustomer ServiceIndependent InitiativeDrive for ResultsPersonal IntegrityFlexibilityAbility to Work Under PressureMentoringCommunication