Lead Cyber Security Engineer – Hybrid
Phantom Staffing
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States
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Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Drive incident response on major incidents with executive-level participants.
- Accountable for security engineering solutions, framework, roadmap, program optimization, process engineering, risk remediation, and mitigation of operational risk.
- Analyze competitive strategies, cyber technologies, metrics models, and performance indicators.
- Design, develop, integrate, and test cyber security products.
- Research and implement new security solutions.
- Apply service-oriented security architecture to meet confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements.
- Perform cyber defense incident triage, assess scope and impact, and identify vulnerabilities.
- Recommend and enable rapid remediation of security incidents.
- Lead internal and cross-functional stakeholder relationships, ensuring transparent communication and collaboration.
- Identify, design, and implement automated solutions to address security needs.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Establish processes, procedures, solutions, and security artifacts to ensure compliance with internal controls.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
- Solid knowledge and understanding of software engineering architectures, system/software designs, and system deployments.
- Working knowledge and of Cyber Security, Cyber Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical / Computer Engineering.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of security technologies and application development methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience performing cyber threat analysis, incident response, forensics analysis, penetration testing, and ethical hacking.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of directory services and identity stores.
- Experience managing major incidents at large organizations.
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree.
- 7–10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in incident response or security operations leadership roles.
- Experience directing high-impact cyber incident response efforts in enterprise or government environments.
- Knowledge of incident management frameworks and methodologies (NIST 800-61, ISO 27035, SANS).
- Hands-on expertise with SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and forensic tools.
- Industry-recognized certifications include CISSP, CISM, GCIH, GCIM, GCFA, or equivalent.
- Exceptional crisis management.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
- Experience leading tabletop exercises, after-action reviews, and continuous improvement programs.
- Familiarity with compliance and regulatory obligations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX).
Benefits
- Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
- Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
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Hard Skills & Tools
cyber securityincident responsepenetration testingethical hackingcyber threat analysisforensics analysissecurity engineeringservice-oriented security architectureautomated solutionssoftware engineering architectures
Soft Skills
crisis managementcommunicationcollaborationcustomer-driven solutionsstakeholder managementprocess optimizationtransparencyleadershipproblem-solvingtechnical specification translation
Certifications
CISSPCISMGCIHGCIMGCFA