Incident Commander, Detection & Response - APAC
OpenAI (company site, opens in a new tab)RemoteDirect career pageEst. 30–55 LPA
Posted 3h ago
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About This Role
- Lead and coordinate the response to complex security incidents impacting intellectual property, customer data, and infrastructure across multiple teams and time zones.
- Establish incident severity, scope, response objectives, assign work streams, maintain decision logs, and drive containment and recovery within defined authority.
- Partner with detection engineers to assess telemetry and detection logic, identify gaps, and improve incident response readiness through exercises and post-incident reviews.
Minimum Requirements
- Experience leading complex security incidents as an incident commander or equivalent, with documented decision-making and escalation outcomes.
- Working knowledge of security and infrastructure fundamentals to evaluate investigation findings and containment options.
- Understanding of detection engineering including telemetry coverage, detection logic, and evidence interpretation for incident response.
- Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Proven ability to make sound decisions under uncertainty, revising them as new evidence emerges while balancing urgency and operational impact.
- Skilled at coordinating responders across teams and time zones, managing conflicting priorities, and maintaining clear incident ownership.
- Strong communicator capable of precise, calm updates under pressure and explicit statements of uncertainty to diverse stakeholders.