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This role serves as a technical escalation point for complex security events, coordinates response activities with IT, engineering, legal, and business stakeholders, and provides guidance to less-experienced analysts. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in endpoint and network forensics, SIEM and EDR technologies, threat hunting, incident leadership, and security automation.\nPosition Responsibilities\nLead complex cybersecurity investigations from initial triage through containment, eradication, recovery, and closure, ensuring timely execution and thorough documentation.\nServe as the primary technical lead for escalated security incidents, establishing investigation priorities, assigning tasks, and coordinating response activities across analysts and technical teams.\nAnalyze endpoint, identity, email, network, and cloud telemetry to determine incident scope, attack vectors, affected assets, adversary activity, and potential business impact.\nDevelop incident timelines and identify root causes, persistence mechanisms, lateral movement, and indicators of compromise.\nCollect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence in accordance with established evidence-handling, chain-of-custody, and 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gaps, and track corrective actions through verified completion.\nDevelop and maintain investigation playbooks, response procedures, escalation criteria, and evidence-collection guidance.\nPartner with security engineers to improve detection coverage, reduce false positives, and automate repeatable investigative and response tasks.\nMentor analysts, review investigation quality, and strengthen team capabilities through case reviews, exercises, and knowledge sharing.\nParticipate in the on-call rotation and lead after-hours response to critical security incidents as required.\nBasic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)\n5+ years of experience in cybersecurity incident response, security operations, digital forensics, or related discipline.\nDemonstrated experience leading the investigation and response of complex security incidents, including: Ransomware and malware, Phishing and business email compromise, Account compromise and credential theft, Insider threats, Data exfiltration, Unauthorized access and privilege escalation\nStrong knowledge of incident response processes, including preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.\nExperience using security technologies such as: SIEM platforms, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools, Network monitoring and intrusion detection systems, Vulnerability management platforms, Digital forensic and malware analysis tools\nProficiency analyzing all Operating System logs, authentication logs, network traffic, endpoint telemetry, and cloud security events.\nKnowledge of common attack techniques and frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK, the Cyber Kill Chain, and the NIST Incident Response Framework.\nExperience with scripting or automation using tools such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar.\nAbility to write clear incident reports, technical findings, executive summaries, and after-action reports.\nAbility to participate in on-call rotation and respond 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Requirement:\nThis position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.\nBenefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.\nWe also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.\nPrincipals only need apply. NO agencies please.\nAbout AV:\nAV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.\nWe don’t just build defense technology-we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.\nFounded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. 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