Incident Response Manager

ActZero is a well-funded cybersecurity company entering hyper-growth mode. Our market leading, award-winning offering is a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service that combines cybersecurity experts with sophisticated AI technology to protect our customers' networks, clients, employees, and brands.

We're a team of diverse and creative operators, scientists, marketers, and engineers with a passion for cybersecurity. Our team has led cybersecurity at the White House, developed AI at MIT, built cloud services at Capital One, and directed product for DARPA's Foundational Cyber Warfare Program.

As the Incident Response Manager reporting to the Head of Security Operations, your job is to lead our global team of analysts that detect, investigate and respond to incidents, while serving as the company lead for incident response. As part of a hyperscale company, you will innovate beyond traditional SOC practices, and help the Head of Security Operations build a new standard for service delivery. Your work here will provide a unique perspective to enable Product to develop new features and detections with high-efficacy and high-efficiency. You will also be building out this team in line with our values and culture, to support this evolution. **This role, while remote, is only open to applicants within Canada (any province except Quebec).**

While we're a small and rapidly growing team, we have the stability and funding of a series B company. We believe in doing the best work of our careers in a collaborative environment supported by work-life balance, great benefits, a stable work environment, and building a culture led by our values.

**As an Incident Response Manager you will**:

- Hunt down cyber threats and save our customers from incidents and breaches across their networks and endpoints.
- Mentor a team of talented SOC Analysts, improving breach detection, and contributing to our customers' success.
- Consult with our customers' on their security posture, helping them become more secure.
- Use your knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, cyber observables and indicators of compromise, and your own experienced judgment to improve our threat hunting activities.
- Partner with our R&D team to build a cutting-edge cybersecurity platform that will make you increasingly efficient and effective and thwarting threats.

**We would like to speak to you if**:

- Are a credible security practitioner with two years of experience leading cybersecurity incident response
- You are excellent, both verbally and in your writing ability, at explaining complex technical ideas to stakeholders at all levels.
- You are self-motivated and curious; driven to be one step ahead of threat actors
- You are empathetic to our customers' needs and committed to protecting businesses from cybersecurity breaches.

ActZero offers no cost health care coverage through a healthcare spending account, prescription medication coverage (the first $3500 is covered at 80% anything over and above that is covered at 100%) no cost life insurance and long term disability coverage. You will also receive stipends for wellness and internet service and unlimited PTO (that you are actively encouraged to use)

Our interview process involves 3 rounds: a conversation with the hiring manager about your background, a hard skills/technical assessment, and a set of behavioral interviews based around our values that gives you an opportunity to speak to people from across the company. We strive for diversity of thought and backgrounds at ActZero, and encourage all people who hit the above requirements to apply.

ActZero is building the most effective AI-powered MDR. We foster a culture centered upon our customers and rooted in mutual trust and committed to execution, where we continuously learn and improve, like the AI systems we develop. Founded in 2019, ActZero is backed by Point72 Ventures, a global venture capital firm led by a diverse set of domain experts with the capital to support rounds through all stages of company growth.

ActZero is committed to inclusion and diversity in both our workplaces and our communities and are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We understand that different perspectives are integral to having the best environment for our employees and product for our customers. As such, applicants will be screened, hired, retained, and promoted without regard to their gender, sexual orientation, race, class, neurodiversity, physical or mental disability, national origin, or any other status covered by local or federal laws.