Senior Lead Incident Responder

Salesforce

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Seattle, WA
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70 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Lead Incident Responder

The Senior Lead Incident Responder joins the CREST team as an analytical anchor focused on high-volume, multi-source log data investigation. This role involves reconstructing threat actor actions, identifying risks, and building defensible timelines from messy datasets including Splunk, SQL, and API logs. You will perform expert log analysis using regex parsing and custom correlation to investigate account takeovers, data exfiltration, and API abuse across Salesforce Core, Marketing Cloud, and Commerce Cloud. Key responsibilities include executing strategic containment actions, leading hostile customer calls with legal counsel, and engineering new detections for identified TTPs. The position requires deep technical knowledge of systems, networks, and cloud security, alongside experience with global compliance standards like GDPR and PCI-DSS. You will also mentor junior responders and support AI-first initiatives for automated triage.

What you'll do

  • Reconstruct threat actor actions by analyzing large, multi-source datasets including Splunk, SQL, and API logs.
  • Perform expert log analysis using complex joins, regex parsing, and custom correlation under time pressure.
  • Build accurate, defensible investigation timelines and reports that meet legal and regulatory scrutiny.
  • Lead investigations into high-impact incidents such as account takeovers, data exfiltration, and API abuse.
  • Execute strategic containment actions including credential rotation, IP blocks, and OAuth revocations.
  • Lead hostile customer calls to communicate complex technical findings to legal counsel and regulatory bodies.
  • Engineer new detections for identified TTPs and turn analysis findings into durable detection coverage.
  • Review case work and provide structured feedback to mentor junior responders on advanced analysis techniques.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years in security incident response with consistent hands-on technical case work.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently produce a correct, defensible account of events from large, messy, multi-source datasets.
  • Expert log analysis skills in Splunk and SQL, including complex multi-source joins, regex parsing, and custom correlation.
  • Expertise handling Account Takeover, credential compromise, data exfiltration, API abuse, and connected app exploitation incidents.
  • Deep technical knowledge in systems, networks, cloud security, and forensic techniques.
  • Strong familiarity with Salesforce products or comparable multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
  • Ability to lead customer calls and communicate complex technical findings clearly to non-technical audiences.
  • Strong understanding of regional and global compliance standards such as GDPR, PCI-DSS, and DORA.
  • Salesforce Admin certified (preferred).
  • 3–5 years in a lead or senior IR role within a large, global organization (preferred).
  • Experience with complex forensic cases involving large datasets or unusual data sources (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with AI/automation tooling in security operations (preferred).
  • Advanced certifications such as SANS GCFA, GNFA, GCIH, OSCP, or equivalent (preferred).
  • Experience with e-commerce security or cloud-native environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Marketing Cloud and Commerce Cloud log analysis and incident patterns (preferred).

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