Bread Financial

Financial Services

SeniorCybersecurityOperationsEngineer-AI

$98–177k Columbus, Ohio, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Cybersecurity Operations Engineer - AI at Bread Financial. Skills: Cybersecurity Operations, Detection Engineering, Automated Response, AI Integration. Serve as senior technical leader. Advance detection engineering capabilities”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce response times; Reduce operational burden; Improve detection effectiveness

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Data analysis

Eligibility Requirements

3 to 4 days per month in office, Some travel may be required, On-call rotation, Work evenings or weekends

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Four or more years experience in Information Security or Infrastructure, Intermediate to expert level knowledge of IT tools and practices

Nice to Have

AI and agentic workflows integration experience

What You'll Do.

Serve as senior technical leader

Advance detection engineering capabilities

Advance automated response capabilities

Advance threat intelligence capabilities

Defend critical information assets

Design high-fidelity detections

Develop high-fidelity detections

Improve high-fidelity detections

Engineer automated response workflows

Reduce response times

Reduce operational burden

Champion modern CSOC practices

Integrate AI workflows

Integrate agentic workflows

Optimize alert triage

Optimize alert enrichment

Optimize incident response

Partner with infrastructure teams

Partner with cloud teams

Partner with identity teams

Partner with application teams

Coordinate response to threats

Translate threat intelligence

Develop actionable detections

Develop actionable hunts

Measure detection effectiveness

Improve detection effectiveness

Mentor junior engineers

Mentor junior analysts

Foster technical growth

Promote scalable security operations

Promote repeatable security operations

Own design of IT projects

Own implementation of IT projects

Identify process improvement areas

Drive development of new processes

Drive delivery of new processes

Deliver quality results

Coordinate deliverables

Escalate identified issues

Partner with leadership

Build consensus for results

Find common ground for collaboration

Find common ground for partnership

Understand information security tools

Understand information security technologies

Lead creation of documentation

Maintain documentation

Deliver project updates

Deliver process documentation

Deliver architecture documentation

Deliver technical requirements

Deliver presentations

Develop reporting structure

Maintain reporting structure

Produce actionable metrics

Conduct data analysis exercises

Produce presentations at various levels

Work in team-fostered environment

Work in fast-paced environment

Work in multi-threaded environment

Serve as subject matter expert

Gain knowledge of new developments

Share new developments

Apply new developments

Understand InfoSec team strategy

Understand InfoSec team vision

Identify drivers for change

Act as individual champion

Include peers in projects

Include peers in risks

Include peers in issues

Maintain confidentiality

Maintain professionalism

Proactively identify potential issues

Deliver well-reasoned solutions

Diffuse problematic situations

Manage through conflict resolution

Decompose complex topics

Break down complex topics

Provide alternative options

Provide supporting information

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Infrastructure teams; Cloud teams; Identity teams; Application teams; Peers within department

Communication Scope

Oral communication; Presentations

Process & Methodology

Process Management, Project Management

Full Job Description

# ****Every career journey is personal. That 's why we empower you with the tools and support to create your own success story. **** # **Be challenged. Be heard. Be valued. Be you ... be here.** **Job Summary** The Senior Cybersecurity Operations Engineer - AI serves as a senior technical leader within the Cybersecurity Operations Center, focused on advancing detection engineering, automated response, and threat intelligence capabilities to defend critical information assets. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and continuously improving high-fidelity detections across enterprise telemetry, as well as engineering automated response workflows that reduce response times and operational burden. Building on a strong foundation in security engineering, this individual will champion modern CSOC practices including detection-as-code, threat-informed defense, and the integration of AI and agentic workflows to optimize alert triage, enrichment, and incident response. The Sr. Engineer partners closely with cross-functional teams across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and application domains to ensure visibility, coverage, and coordinated response to evolving threats. As a subject matter expert, this role drives innovation in CSOC operations, translates threat intelligence into actionable detections and hunts, and continuously measures and improves detection effectiveness. The position also serves as a mentor to junior engineers and analysts, fostering technical growth and promoting scalable, repeatable security operations processes.. **Essential Job Functions ** * **Process and Project Management:** Own the design and the implementation of key IT projects and initiatives as they pertain to the organization's long-term security strategy. Identify areas of improvement where processes do not currently exist and drive the development and delivery of new processes to address these gaps. Ability to manage ambiguity and deliver quality results with minimal supervisi

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