Head of Cyber Defense

The Head of Cyber Defense at Mitiga is a senior technical leadership role responsible for leading cloud, SaaS, and AI security operations, threat hunting, and forensic investigations, with a focus on automation and customer engagement.

Location: Remote (US)

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and respond to detections across cloud, SaaS, AI and identity; own customer-facing communication during active events within defined SLAs; maintain 24/7 team readiness
• Design and lead intelligence-driven proactive hunting campaigns (MITRE ATT&CK, CISA, vendor intel); translate findings into platform-native automated detections; contribute published research and threat reports
• Personally lead S1/S2 forensic investigations end-to-end: scoping, evidence collection, analysis using Mitiga's Helios AI platform, attribution, and executive-quality reporting
• Serve as the primary technical authority for enterprise customers; support sales cycles, QBRs, and EBRs; surface field-observed detection gaps to Engineering with context and accountability
• Identify toil across CDR, hunting, and IR workflows; partner with Engineering to systematically automate; champion agentic SOC tooling and LLM-assisted triage
• Hire, develop, and retain a global team of 5 analysts, responders, and hunters; represent Mitiga at industry events; author blog posts and threat intelligence content grounded in real operational depth

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud incident response, threat hunting, or security operations
• Deep cloud and SaaS expertise: AWS, Azure, GCP, Salesforce, GitHub, Okta, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace
• Strong command of attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud/SaaS), forensic analysis, and log-based investigation methodology
• Experience designing detection logic, hunting playbooks, or automation workflows — not only executing them
• Proven track record of direct, high-quality customer engagement with both technical practitioners and C-suite stakeholders
• Experience managing and mentoring a team; ability to build operational process and culture from an early foundation

Benefits

• Benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401k plan with match, unlimited PTO, cell phone charges reimbursement, top-of-the-line equipment, and more

Additional Information

• Mitiga is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusiveness and aim to attract, retain, and engage a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law.