- Location
- Long Island City New York USA
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Lead
- Compensation
- $105,100–172,600/year
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
About Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies is a global leader in prestige beauty, founded in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder and built on an enduring belief in creativity, high-touch service, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an employer, the Group offers talent the scale of an international house with the energy of distinctive brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. Its culture values innovation, inclusion, learning, and responsible growth, inviting professionals to shape consumer experiences from laboratory to counter, digital platform to boardroom. Employees join a purpose-led organization where heritage, artistry, and scientific excellence meet to define the future of luxury beauty.
The Cyber Threat Response Lead is a junior leadership position supporting incident coordination, security event investigation, and security operations for Estée Lauder Companies. This role coordinates triage, containment, remediation, recovery, and closure activities during active security events while maintaining stakeholder communication and comprehensive documentation. The position collaborates with Security Operations, IT, Legal, Privacy, and external partners to support timely decisions and continuous improvement of response readiness.
Role & Responsibilities
- Investigate threat activity by reviewing evidence, assessing impact, and documenting findings
- Coordinate incident response activities across triage, containment, remediation, recovery, and closure phases
- Lead response efforts for emerging threats, including zero-day vulnerabilities, third-party breaches, and threat hunting findings
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners for timely decision-making, escalation, and resolution
- Maintain playbooks, workflows, and response documentation to support consistent execution
- Support tabletop exercises, lessons learned, and after-action reviews to improve response readiness
- Lead or support on-call emergency cyber incident response activities outside normal business hours, including nights and weekends during active incidents
- Support insider threat reviews, threat hunting, and executive protection activities by analyzing security data and presenting findings
- Assist with digital forensics and eDiscovery through evidence collection, preservation, analysis, and documentation
- Contribute to projects and assessments that strengthen security operations and response maturity
- Support forensics lab maintenance and case management improvements
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, or related field; equivalent experience will be considered
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and incident response best practices
- Ability to assess event criticality and business impact with attention to detail and operational context
- Knowledge of incident response, threat detection, security monitoring, and cyber investigations
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and incident response methodologies
- Knowledge of operating systems, cloud, networking, identity, endpoint security, and logging concepts
- Ability to explain findings, risks, and recommended actions to technical and non-technical audiences
Skills
Experience
3–5 years of experience in threat management, cybersecurity, security operations, incident response, threat hunting, digital forensics, vulnerability management, or related technical work.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Long Island City, New York, USA, with easy access to New York.
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Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 105,100 to USD 172,600 per annum.
Benefits
Health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, competitive incentive compensation programs and commission/bonus plan eligibility.
Culture
The Estée Lauder Companies fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for prestige beauty are deeply valued. As a global house of distinctive brands, it offers employees an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and a shared commitment to excellence and consumer inspiration.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
Frequently Asked Questions
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