CyberSecurity Incident Orchestrator

Introduction

You will join IBM Security Services which is a division of IBM Consulting, responsible for delivering security services to its large European customers, alongside major digital transformation projects in the application and cloud domains.

In this role, you'll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. These centers offer our clients locally-based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Cybersecurity Incident Orchestrator, you will play a pivotal role in managing and coordinating the response to cybersecurity incidents across the organization. You will work closely with SOC analysts, threat hunters, and IT teams to ensure timely detection, containment, and resolution of security threats. Your responsibilities will include:

• Incident Coordination: Lead and orchestrate the end-to-end incident response process, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Handling Escalation Calls with Clients: Act as the primary point of contact during critical incidents, managing client communications, providing status updates, and ensuring client concerns are addressed promptly and professionally.
• Threat Analysis: Collaborate with analysts to assess threat intelligence, identify attack patterns, and determine root causes of incidents.
• Communication & Reporting: Provide clear and concise updates to stakeholders during incidents, and produce detailed post-incident reports with actionable recommendations.
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct post-incident reviews to identify gaps and drive improvements in incident response procedures and playbooks.
• Training & Awareness: Support the development of incident response training programs and contribute to cybersecurity awareness initiatives.
• Tool Integration: Work with engineering teams to integrate detection and response tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR, SOAR) for enhanced visibility and control.
• Compliance & Documentation: Ensure all incident activities are documented and compliant with internal standards and external regulations (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001).

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Incident Response & Handling

• Deep understanding of incident response methodologies (e.g., NIST, SANS).
• Experience with incident lifecycle: detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review, ITIL

Threat Detection & Analysis

• Proficiency in using SIEM tools (e.g., QRadar, Sentinel, Splunk).

Analytical Thinking:

• Strong problem-solving skills to assess threats and determine root causes.

Communication:

• Ability to communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Skilled in writing incident reports and after-action reviews

Collaboration:

• Works effectively with cross-functional teams including SOC analysts, threat hunters, and IT operations.

Adaptability:

• Capable of responding to incidents under pressure and adjusting to evolving threats.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Prefered Certifications:

• Certified CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
• Certified Microsoft Security Operations Analyst SC200

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Client-provided location(s): Budapest, Hungary

Job ID: IBM-71544

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-07T18:48:19