TENEX.AI
Senior Incident Responder
Kansas City, MO SOC +2 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Location
- Kansas City, MO SOC
Sarasota, FL HQ
Scottsdale, AZ - Experience
- 5+ years in incident response; at least 2 years as a tier 3 analyst and at least 2 years working actual incidents end-to-end.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads complex customer incident investigations from detection through containment, eradication, and recovery, while improving response procedures and readiness programs.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end incident investigations and advise customers during active incidents.
- Improve detections, response playbooks, and data collection and preservation processes with engineering teams.
- Build incident readiness assessments, collaborate across teams, and coach SOC analysts.
What they ask for
- At least 5 years in incident response, including at least 2 years as a tier 3 analyst.
- At least 2 years handling actual incidents end to end.
- Deep knowledge of attacker techniques, forensics, and SIEM/SOAR and EDR tooling.
- Cloud incident response experience across AWS, GCP, or Azure; clear communication with technical teams and customers.
Nice to have
- Experience in an MDR/MSSP environment, threat hunting, or detection engineering.
- Experience presenting findings to executive or client stakeholders; relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, or CISSP.
Tools
SIEM/SOAR, EDR, AWS, GCP, Azure
AI focus
The role involves improving an AI-native MDR service; the posting mentions opportunities to expand knowledge in AI but does not specify AI duties.
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