Senior Cyber Incident Manager

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Secaucus, NJ, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Healthtech • Database
The Role
Leads end-to-end response to high-severity cyber incidents, directing containment, eradication, recovery, forensic analysis, threat intelligence, and root-cause investigations across cloud and on-premises environments. Ensures HIPAA, HITECH, and OCR compliance; develops incident response playbooks and exercises; conducts post-incident reviews; and communicates technical risks to executives, legal counsel, clinical operations, forensic firms, insurers, and law enforcement.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Incident Manager to lead our cybersecurity incident response efforts. In this critical role, you will protect critical healthcare infrastructure, patient data, and clinical systems. You will orchestrate the technical response, containment, and recovery phases of high-severity security incidents. This role requires rapid decision-making, deep technical forensics knowledge, and compliance expertise within regulated healthcare environments.

* Please note this is a hybrid opportunity based out of Secaucus, NJ.  

Benefits Information:

We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs to support employees and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed to promote employee health in all respects – physical, financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include:

  • Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours
  • Best-in-class well-being programs
  • Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness®
  • healthyMINDS mental health program
  • Vacation and Health/Flex Time
  • 6 Holidays plus 1 "MyDay" off
  • FinFit financial coaching and services
  • 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Annual incentive plans
  • Matching gifts program
  • Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • and so much more!
Responsibilities

Incident Leadership & Technical Response

  • Direct the end-to-end lifecycle of critical and high-severity cyber incidents from initial detection through post-incident reporting.
  • Coordinate cross-functional technical teams to isolate, contain, and eradicate active security threats, minimizing operational downtime and risk to patient care.
  • Lead the development and execution of strategic containment plans under high-pressure scenarios.

Forensic Analysis & Threat Intelligence

  • Oversee digital forensics, log analysis, and root-cause investigations across hybrid environments (cloud and on-premise systems).
  • Integrate active threat intelligence to anticipate, hunt for, and mitigate emerging healthcare-targeted exploits and advanced persistent threats (APTs).
  • Analyze malware behaviors and attack vectors to strengthen perimeter and internal defenses.

Regulatory Compliance & Process Optimization

  • Ensure all incident handling aligns with HIPAA, HITECH, and OCR data breach notification rules to maintain absolute compliance.
  • Author, test, and update incident response playbooks, tabletop exercises, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Conduct post-incident reviews (PIRs) to identify security gaps and track remediation actions across the enterprise. 

Stakeholder Management

  • Translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable, and risk-based updates for executive leadership, legal counsel, and clinical operations.
  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for third-party forensic firms, insurance providers, and law enforcement during major events.
Qualifications

Required Work Experience: 

  • Minimum 6+ years in dedicated cyber incident response (CSIRT/SOC) environments.

  • Industry Sector: At least 2 years of security experience directly within a healthcare or heavily regulated organization.

  • Technical Mastery: Deep knowledge of EDR tools, SIEM platforms, CNAPP tools, network forensics, cloud security, and enterprise architecture.

  • Framework Proficiency: Proven experience utilizing NIST SP 800-61, MITRE ATT&CK, and ISO 27001 frameworks.

  • Certifications: Active certification desired but not required (e.g., GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, CHFI, or CEH).

  • Communication: Exceptional verbal and written skills under high-pressure scenarios.

Travel (Required): up to 25% domestic; up to 25% international

English (Required)

 

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical field. (Required)

 

Technical Training or Professional Licensing:

  • Deep knowledge of EDR tools, SIEM platforms, CNAPP tools, network forensics, cloud security, and enterprise architecture. (Required)

 

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About the Team Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply.
While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited resume.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status.

Skills Required

  • Minimum 6+ years of dedicated cyber incident response experience in CSIRT or SOC environments
  • At least 2 years of security experience within healthcare or another heavily regulated organization
  • Deep knowledge of EDR tools, SIEM platforms, CNAPP tools, network forensics, cloud security, and enterprise architecture
  • Experience using NIST SP 800-61, MITRE ATT&CK, and ISO 27001 frameworks
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in high-pressure scenarios
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical field
  • English language proficiency
  • Active certification such as GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, CHFI, or CEH
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The Company
HQ: Secaucus, NJ
25,839 Employees
Year Founded: 1967

What We Do

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s. The company reported 2020 revenues of $9.44 billion. Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories. Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,250 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients. Quest Diagnostics empowers healthcare organizations & clinicians with state-of-the-art connectivity solutions. The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals. More information is available at www.questdiagnostics.com. Language Assistance / Non-Discrimination Notice Asistencia de Idiomas / Aviso de no Discriminación 語言協助 / 不歧視通知 www.QuestDiagnostics.com/home/nondiscrimination

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