[Hiring] IT/OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Manager @1440 Foods

Role Description

As our IT/OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Lead, you'll be a hands-on security engineer who also leads incidents during business hours across our corporate, cloud, and OT/manufacturing environments. You'll own security engineering and incident coordination, while our managed 24×7 SOC handles monitoring and first response. You'll work closely with IT Infrastructure, OT Engineering, OEM vendors, and leadership, and report to the Director of IT.

If you're looking to bring engineering depth and incident leadership to a fast-growing manufacturing environment, we'd love to speak with you.

Job Responsibilities

• Incident Response (primary):
  • Serve as the business-hours incident lead and Incident Commander during cyber events.
  • Validate and authorize SOC-recommended containment.
  • Coordinate IT, OT Engineering, OEMs, and leadership through resolution.
  • Run post-incident reviews.
• Endpoint & Vulnerability:
  • Administer EDR (CrowdStrike Falcon).
  • Investigate and tune detections.
  • Drive risk-based vulnerability remediation with Infrastructure and OT, tracking SLAs.
• OT Security (key focus):
  • Own secure remote vendor/OEM access and jump-box environments.
  • Maintain OT segmentation and firewall rules.
  • Coordinate remediation around production schedules.
  • Support secure architecture for PLC/HMI/SCADA and engineering workstations (ISA/IEC 62443).
• Cloud, Identity & Network:
  • Support Microsoft 365 / Entra ID security.
  • Conditional Access, privileged access reviews, and MFA.
  • Review firewall rules, VPN, and network segmentation.
• Governance (support):
  • Support policy, security audits, NIST CSF, cyber insurance questionnaires, and security documentation.
• Projects:
  • Contribute to infrastructure projects, security architecture reviews, and vendor design reviews.

Qualifications

• OT/industrial security fundamentals — secure remote access, segmentation, PLC/HMI/SCADA, ISA/IEC 62443.
• Incident response — able to lead technically during an event.
• Hands-on endpoint (EDR) and vulnerability management on comparable tools.
• Cloud/identity security basics (Microsoft 365 / Entra ID).
• Strong communicator across technical, plant, and executive audiences.
• Manufacturing or food-production environment experience preferred.

Benefits

• Opportunity to grow within a critical function in a growing mid-size CPG company.
• Collaborative and entrepreneurial work culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Career development and growth opportunities.