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Boomband is working directly with Athenahealth to connect them with people who are a strong fit for this role.

Role Overview

Title

Senior Incident Response Engineer (Incident Response, Forensics, Healthcare, Remote)

Job Overview

This highly technical, hands-on role at athenahealth involves advanced incident response, detection engineering, and threat hunting within the Information Security group. The companys mission is to secure healthcare technology and infrastructure, making this role crucial for protecting sensitive systems and data.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Lead advanced incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering for a critical healthcare technology provider.
• Serve as a key incident coordinator, collaborating cross-functionally during security incidents.
• Mentor and train junior analysts, contributing to the growth and expertise of the security team.
• Engage in a highly active, hands-on engineering and response role, moving beyond passive monitoring.

Who This Role Is For

• A highly technical and hands-on security professional seeking a challenging response and engineering role.
• An expert in security tools and forensic analysis, eager to lead complex investigations.
• Someone who thrives in a collaborative, cross-functional environment and enjoys mentoring others.
• An individual who prefers active problem-solving and deep technical troubleshooting over repetitive tasks.

What Youll Do

• Handle potential incidents as a subject matter expert.
• Lead advanced analysis, response, and reporting for escalated incidents.
• Mentor and assist in training Tier 1 and 2 security analysts.
• Proactively hunt for threats and implement identification, containment, and eradication measures.
• Serve as a point person for coordination with clients, management, legal, and operations during security incidents.
• Conduct root cause analysis and forensic investigations.
• Create thorough reports and documentation of all incidents and procedures.
• Participate in off-hours on-call incident handler rotation.

What Were Looking For

• Deep technical expertise in advanced incident response and forensic analysis.
• Proficiency with security tools, including Splunk.
• Experience with Python for scripting and automation.
• Knowledge of Cloud Security principles and practices.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and reporting.
• Ability to mentor and train junior security analysts.
• Capacity to participate in an off-hours on-call rotation.

About Boomband

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