IT/OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Manager

1440 Foods is a fast-growing sports and active nutrition company focused on health and wellness. The IT/OT Security Engineer & Incident Response Lead will be responsible for leading incident responses, managing security engineering, and coordinating with various teams to ensure the security of corporate and operational technology environments.

Responsibilities:

• Incident Response (primary): Serve as the business-hours incident lead and Incident Commander during cyber events. Validate and authorize SOC-recommended containment, coordinate IT, OT Engineering, OEMs, and leadership through resolution, and run post-incident reviews
• Endpoint & Vulnerability: Administer EDR (CrowdStrike Falcon), investigate and tune detections, and drive risk-based vulnerability remediation with Infrastructure and OT, tracking SLAs
• OT Security (key focus): Own secure remote vendor/OEM access and jump-box environments, maintain OT segmentation and firewall rules, coordinate remediation around production schedules, and support secure architecture for PLC/HMI/SCADA and engineering workstations (ISA/IEC 62443)
• Cloud, Identity & Network: Support Microsoft 365 / Entra ID security, Conditional Access, privileged access reviews, and MFA; review firewall rules, VPN, and network segmentation
• Governance (support): Support policy, security audits, NIST CSF, cyber insurance questionnaires, and security documentation
• Projects: Contribute to infrastructure projects, security architecture reviews, and vendor design reviews

Requirements:

• OT/industrial security fundamentals — secure remote access, segmentation, PLC/HMI/SCADA, ISA/IEC 62443
• Incident response — able to lead technically during an event
• Hands-on endpoint (EDR) and vulnerability management on comparable tools
• Cloud/identity security basics (Microsoft 365 / Entra ID)
• Strong communicator across technical, plant, and executive audiences
• Manufacturing or food-production environment experience preferred