Estée Lauder Companies Lead, Cyber Threat Response
- Location
- Long Island CityNew YorkUSA
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Lead
- Compensation
- $105,100–172,600/year
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
Lead, Cyber Threat Response at Estée Lauder Companies in Long Island City, NY. Manage security incident coordination and cyber investigations.
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.
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.
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