Lead security investigations and coordinate cross-functional teams to enhance Instacart's incident response capabilities.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 10 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 10 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead security investigation
- Conduct post-incident reviews
- Communicate security risks to leadership
- Build Incident Management automation
- Monitor metrics for SIRT program
Must have
- 2+ years of experience in Security Incident Management
- Proven track record for accurate communication skills
- Proficient in Security domain and attack trends
- Deep understanding of incident response methodologies
- Proficient in leveraging AI based workflows
Practical constraints
- Serve on call for your timezone
AI in the day-to-day
Leverage agentic skills to build Incident Management automation for repeated security investigation processes.
Requirements
- Experience
- 2+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Security Incident Manager at Instacart leads the end-to-end incident response process, coordinating investigations and post-incident reviews while collaborating with various teams to enhance security protocols. This role requires expertise in incident management, familiarity with security frameworks, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders. Ideal candidates have a background in security incident management or response, along with a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure security. The position is part of a team that emphasizes innovation and collaboration in a flexible work environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Instacart's careers page November 14, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Instacart: Canada.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 36% of 11 comparable mid security roles in United States that list security we track (median $167,000 across 8 companies). See security salary trends
- security appears in 8.5% of 211 comparable mid security roles in United States; Incident Management appears in 0.5% of 211 comparable mid security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Security Incident Manager role remote?
- Yes — Instacart lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Instacart lists $122,000–$148,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Security Incident Manager role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, Automation, Incident Management, security.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Instacart targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Security Incident Manager role at Instacart.
From the original posting
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Overview
Instacart is seeking experienced Security Incident Response Managers to lead our security investigations to completion. This role will be responsible for owning the end-to-end incident response process, following up on investigations, working with various stakeholders and leading RCA for postmortems. You will play a critical role in protecting Instacart's infrastructure, customer data, and business operations. This is a critical role as we scale our SIRT program.
The Security Incident Response team at Instacart plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the company’s infrastructure, customer data, and business operations. This team operates at the forefront of cybersecurity, managing an AI-enabled Security Operations Center (SOC) and driving proactive threat-hunting initiatives to stay ahead of emerging threats. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, the group ensures robust incident detection, rapid response, and continual improvement of security protocols. The team fosters a culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration, enabling Instacart to maintain the trust of its users and tackle challenging security scenarios in a dynamic environment.
About the Job
- Lead security investigation, coordinating cross-functional teams during critical events and conduct post-incident reviews and drive implementation of lessons learned
- Partner with Security Engineering, Infrastructure, Product Security, and other teams on security initiatives
- Communicate security risks and incidents to executive leadership and stakeholders
- Leverage agentic skills to build Incident Management automation for repeated security investigation processes.
- Serve on call for your timezone and improve the SIRT program by monitoring metrics
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in a Security Incident Management engineering, incident response, or security TPM role.
- Proven track record for accurate and succinct communication skills, attention to detail and journalistic style tracking of investigation.
- Proficient in Security domain, industry attack trends, public cloud infrastructure security.
- Deep understanding of incident response methodologies (NIST, SANS, etc.) and frameworks and project management
- Proficient in leveraging AI based workflows, automations and incident management tooling.
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
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