Lead Incident Responder
Fluidstack · Remote · San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Austin, TX · U.S. Remote · Seattle, WA ·
COMPENSATION
$172k – $258k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Lead Incident Responder
- Fully remote (US)
- AI infrastructure security
- Manage senior team
- 24/7 on-call oversight
Join Fluidstack's security team to protect frontier AI infrastructure from sophisticated threats. You will lead incident response efforts, manage a team of senior responders, and ensure robust 24/7 coverage for the US region. The role requires balancing technical containment with executive communication and regulatory compliance.
What you'll do
- Lead incidents as senior commander and serve as escalation backstop
- Own 24/7 coverage model, rotation discipline, and response SLAs
- Build and develop a team of senior incident responders
- Drive executive, legal, and customer communications during incidents
- Coordinate with Physical Security and Data Center Operations
- Run post-incident reviews and drive remediation to completion
- Define agentic triage layer expectations and feedback loops
What you'll need
- Experience leading material incidents as senior commander
- Background managing and growing teams of senior responders
- Designed or run 24/7 on-call programs with clear SLAs
- Ability to handle technical containment and executive comms simultaneously
- Experience making disclosure-grade calls under regulatory clocks
- Built operating relationships across security and infrastructure teams
- Strong opinions on humane on-call programs and effective IR processes
Nice to have
- Experience bridging cyber, physical, and OT/ICS surfaces
- Background in critical infrastructure or data center operations
- Experience scaling IR teams and on-call programs from scratch
- Knowledge of FedRAMP, SEC, or similar reporting regimes
- Experience with agent-augmented incident response automation
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Focus on US region coverage
- Part of 24/7 on-call rotation
- High intensity and long hours expected
What you get
- Competitive total compensation package
- Equity in the form of restricted stock units
- Retirement or pension plan aligned with local norms
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO policy aligned with local norms