Lead Cloud Incident Responder, SVP

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Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

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Citi’s Cloud Incident Response (Cloud IR) team seeks a Lead Incident Responder to lead and oversee the organization’s incident response operations within the public cloud environments. You will work closely with stakeholders to ensure effective security incident response with an aim to safeguard the integrity of services and data within Citi’s public cloud platforms. Your role is critical in ensuring a proactive and coordinated approach in responding to cloud security incidents and managing security risks in a timely and effective manner. You will align incident response priorities with business goals, lead the evolution of cloud security operations and guide the organization through critical security incident response challenges within the cloud ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

• Own and lead Citi’s response to security incidents in our cloud platforms (comprising mainly of AWS, GCP and RedHat OpenShift) acting as the Incident Commander while dealing with security incidents and exercises

• Build and sustain a small high-performing security operations team skilled in managing cloud incidents

• Collaborate with relevant engineering teams to gain an in-depth and accurate understanding of Citi’s cloud landscape along with CI/CD tools, processes and procedures

• Proactively identify gaps in cloud security response capabilities (processes, procedures, automation and playbooks) and take ownership to deliver and mature these continually

• Ensure readiness for various incident response scenarios based on historical data but also proactively identifying new threat vectors to consider

• Identify and pursue areas where AI & Automation can help mature current Incident Response workflows to make them effective and efficient

• Oversee the day-to-day duties of any technical contractors and provide regular feedback and direction

• Liaise with senior leadership to represent the team on various leadership briefings showcasing team excellence

• This role requires occasional flexibility to support critical security incidents when they occur out of regular office hours

Qualifications:

• Strong technical expertise in relevant Cloud security tools and technologies (e.g. EDR, SIEM, Container security, SSPM, CNAPP, etc.)

• Relevant leadership skills with the ability to inspire, mentor and manage high-performing incident response practitioners

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills to simplify and convey complex technical matters to senior security stakeholders and leadership

• Strong understanding of security incident response processes, excellent technical documentation skills and proven analytical skills highly desirable.

• Must have demonstrable experience on most of the following:

  • Deep knowledge of public cloud services that are used in the building blocks of modern cloud-native containerized applications

  • Advanced proficiency with cloud security focused services such as Guard Duty, SCC, IAM, etc.

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies and tools that support modern deployment practices into public cloud and associated security best practices

  • Proficient with public cloud services focused on automation such as SSM, Lambda, Cloud Functions, etc

  • Experience with various log aggregation/data analytics tools, such as Splunk, Sentinel, etc.

• Familiarity with security constructs of SaaS and PaaS offerings such as Snowflake, MongoDB desired

• Prior experience of using tools such as Aquasec, Twistlock, Wiz, Lacework, AppOmni, CrowdStrike, Tanium, etc is an advantage

• Industry-accredited certifications will be required. Candidates with relevant security certifications (ex: AWS Security Specialty, GCP Professional Security Engineer, CKA/CKS, etc.) will be preferred. Candidates without certification must be willing to pursue them during employment.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Information Security

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$156,160.00 - $234,240.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Aug 30, 2025

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