Cybersecurity Team Lead

*Opportunity to work a hybrid model: 4 days onsite and 1 day remote

Why GMF Cybersecurity?

 Our Cybersecurity team is tasked with the security engineering, regulatory response, third party risk, and incident response capabilities necessary to secure GM Financial, the captive auto finance subsidiary of General Motors. Reporting directly to the CEO, our Cybersecurity team enjoys unprecedented support to deliver the highest level of security capabilities using cutting edge technologies and automating mundane tasks, allowing our teams to focus on interesting and rewarding security work.  As a part of GM, you'll have the opportunity to work on Cybersecurity projects across financial services, automotive, manufacturing, high-tech, and military industries. We are looking for team players who want the freedom to innovate leading edge capabilities to join our growing Cybersecurity team.

About the role:

We are seeking a dynamic Incident Response Engineering Team Lead to oversee and develop a high-performing team supporting SOC and Incident Response operations. This role is responsible for driving SOC and Incident Response engineering initiatives, automation use case deployment, tooling sustainment, and custom capability development. You will own strategic and tactical planning, ensuring alignment with organizational risk posture, and champion modern delivery practices such as DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in DevSecOps, automation, and cybersecurity, with hands-on experience in development, scripting, and cloud technologies. Strong leadership skills, project management experience, and the ability to communicate technical insights effectively are essential. This position requires a strategic thinker who fosters collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while mentoring and developing technical talent.

In this role you will:

• Lead and develop a high‑performing engineering team delivering SOC and Incident Response team support that includes security engineering, automation use case deployment, tooling sustainment, and custom capability development.

• Own strategic and tactical planning for the team by setting clear goals, objectives, and priorities that align with the SOC and Incident Response team and broader organizational risk posture.

• Drive close alignment and collaboration with the SOC and Incident Response team, ensuring open communication, shared situational awareness, and seamless handoffs that enable agility, precision, and accuracy in operations.

• Establish and maintain documentation to ensure standardized workflows and processes for reliable, auditable, and repeatable team operations.

• Champion modern delivery practices—DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD—embedding automation and continuous improvement into engineering and operations.

• Communicate clearly across levels, translating technical findings into actionable insights for the team and leadership.

• Model strong people leadership qualities including mentoring and on‑the‑job training, performance coaching, cybersecurity/technical literacy, business communications skills, and a growth mindset that welcomes feedback and continuous learning.

What makes you an ideal candidate?

• Strong background in DevSecOps, development, automation, and working with complex connectivity integrations and REST APIs

• Experience with scripting and automation in widely used languages such as Python or PowerShell

• Practical understanding of cloud providers, technologies, and concepts

• Strong understanding of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps environments

• Advanced knowledge in Infrastructure design and management

• Strong technical skills and hands on experience in Cybersecurity as it relates to alert triage, on-going monitoring, detection, investigation, and incident response activities

• Understanding of Cybersecurity concepts such as SIEM analytics, Endpoint security, Network security, Cloud security, Data Loss Prevention/Data Privacy, and Web/Email security

• Practical understanding of the NIST Incident Response Life Cycle and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

• Strong knowledge of the OSI model and security that is associated with each layer

• Strong knowledge of core Information Technology concepts such as TCP/IP networking, Windows & Active Directory, Unix/Linux/Mac, web/email traffic fundamentals, and using a command line interface (CLI)

• Knowledge of Leadership and Management of a technical team of professional engineers

• Working knowledge of management processes such as personnel administration, planning, and budgeting

• Demonstrated success in project management

• Strong presentation expertise, and the ability to coordinate and conduct meetings

• Familiarity with vendors, vendor negotiations, project expenses and purchasing requisitions

• Effective planning, time management, negotiation and delegation skills

• Ability to think strategically and make collaborative decisions

• Ability to approach problems with an open-mind and create new and innovative ideas and methods

• Communicates quickly, clearly, concisely, appropriately and intelligently

• Foster open communication, speaks with impact, listens to others and writes effectively

• Ability to apply structured analysis methods to various types of data to establish trends, determine variability, and business impact

• Strong analytical skills

• Detail oriented

Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience strongly preferred

• 5-7 years of experience in large and complex business environments with a successful track record working directly with senior level management with at least 3 years of experience in one or more of the following domains: Cybersecurity, Information Security, Network Engineering or Operations, Information Technology, Application Development, Access Control, Security Governance, Risk Management, Software Development Security, Cryptography, Security Architecture and Design, Operational Security, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Legal Regulations, Investigations and Compliance, Physical (Environmental) Security, IT or Security Audit, IT or Security Compliance preferred

• 2-3 years of experience securing cloud deployments on common platforms like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform preferred

• Experience with deploying environments by defining infrastructure as code (IaC) preferred

• Experience with declarative IaC approaches and immutable infrastructure preferred

• Experience with securing container deployments, Kubernetes, managed Kubernetes PaaS services, Agile environments and DevOps environments preferred

• Experience with managing infrastructure through CI/CD pipelines preferred

• Experience in documentation tools such as Visio and Microsoft Office products preferred

What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.

Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 4-days a week in office