Senior Incident Responder

TENEX.AI

Senior Incident Responder handling incident investigations and customer responses at TENEX. Leading efforts in enhancing organization's cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeKansas City • Kansas, Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in incident response, including leading investigations, improving response playbooks, and mentoring teams. Proficient in cloud incident response and modern detection tooling, ensuring effective communication with technical teams and clients.

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Incident Response LeadershipCloud Incident Response (AWS, GCP, Azure)Forensics and Attacker TechniquesDetection Tooling (SIEM/SOAR, EDR)Mentoring SOC Analysts

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Hard Skills

Incident InvestigationResponse Playbook ImprovementData Collection and PreservationAutomation in TENEX PlatformEnd-to-End Incident Management

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationStrategic AdvisingCalm Under Pressure

Tools & Technologies

SIEMSOAREDR

Industry Keywords

Incident ResponseDetection EngineeringForward DeploymentSoftware Engineering

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead incident investigations. Own complex investigations from detection through containment, eradication, and recovery.
Drive customer response. Act as a strategic advisor to clients through active incidents as a calm, credible technical lead.
Improve response playbooks. Turn lessons from real incidents into better detections and repeatable response procedures.
Design and build data collection and preservation toolkit. Work with engineering to automate key processes in the TENEX platform, ensuring reliability and non-repudiation.
Build and deliver the custom incident response readiness assessment program, ensuring clients are prepared for an incident by strategically closing existing gaps.
Partner across business units. Work with Detection Engineering, Forward Deployment, and Software Engineering to close gaps and drive product improvements.
Mentor the analyst team. Provide coaching to SOC analysts to raise the bar on investigation quality.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in incident response with at least 2 years as a tier 3 analyst,
At least 2 years experience working actual incidents end-to-end,
Deep knowledge of attacker techniques, forensics, and modern detection tooling (SIEM/SOAR, EDR).
Cloud incident response experience across AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Ability to communicate clearly with both technical teams and customers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and benefits package.
A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your knowledge in AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.