Senior Cyber Incident Responder

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The Opportunity Join the Adobe Cyber Defense Center as a Staff Incident Response Lead. Use your extensive experience in incident response, coordination, and process improvement. You will help minimize damage, protect sensitive data, and ensure business continuity. This role is key for responding to incidents and driving ongoing improvements. What you will do • Drive, orchestrate, and lead comprehensive incident response activities, ensuring all collaborators are aligned, and response efforts are cohesive and efficient. Provide strategic mentorship and oversight to junior team members. • Critical thinking and investigative skills to recognise indicators of compromise, identify potential attack vectors and root causes, and determine steps for resolution. •  Communicate effectively with collaborators and leadership through clear, concise reports and timely updates. • Coordinate response actions across multiple internal and external organizations, draft detailed reports, assign remediation actions, and implement improvements. Facilitate communication and collaboration among diverse teams. •  Improve the Incident Response function by conducting post-incident retrospectives and gathering feedback from security, engineering, and partner teams. Guide junior team members and promote a culture of ongoing development. • Lead and participate in tabletop exercises and incident simulations. Develop training programs to improve the skills and preparedness of the incident response team. Provide strategic mentorship and oversight to junior team members. What you need to succeed • Proven experience in managing the end-to-end incident response process, including leading complex, multi-functional incidents. • Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and make decisions under pressure. • Ability to communicate effectively with diverse collaborators and engineering teams using clear data points. Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Strong understanding of security and privacy fundamentals. Expertise in security frameworks and guidelines. • A collaborative outlook with a focus on building and encouraging relationships. Ability to lead and encourage cross-functional teams. Must have • Strong investigative expertise across cloud environments, web applications, network security, operating systems, and AI-related technologies. Nice to have • Experience conducting forensic investigations and malware analysis. • Relevant cybersecurity certifications are highly desirable and considered an advantage. About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.  Let’s Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture , focus on people, purpose and community , Adobe for All , comprehensive benefits programs , the stories we tell , the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone t

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