Cybersecurity Engineer

Why GM Financial Cybersecurity?

Innovation isn’t just a talking point at GM Financial, it’s how we operate. By joining our team, you’ll work in a mission-focused environment with specialized teams, including Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Incident Response, Firewall, Governance, Risk, Architecture and Offensive Security. These teams collaborate to identify, manage and respond to threats, all while driving innovation across the environment.

Cybersecurity is central to our strategic vision, so you’ll benefit from exceptional leadership visibility, with direct reporting lines to the CEO. This structure ensures your work is recognized and supported at the highest levels, while also enabling bold innovation and the adoption of cutting-edge technologies.

Shape the future of Cybersecurity at GM Financial, with the freedom to explore, the tools to build and the support to thrive. 

Responsibilities

About the role

This role serves as the senior subject matter expert for cloud incident response across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. You will lead high‑impact investigations, mentor responders, and continuously improve the speed, quality, and repeatability of cloud incident response operations. This position is ideal for an experienced cloud security engineer, architect, or incident responder who thrives in complex investigations and wants to shape how cloud response is done at scale.

In this role you will:

• Lead Azure and Microsoft 365 security investigations, including identity compromise, privilege escalation, persistence, data exfiltration, and abuse of cloud services
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex cloud investigations, providing investigative direction and response strategy
• Perform investigations using Azure Activity Logs, Entra ID logs, Microsoft 365 Unified Audit Log, Defender telemetry, and related forensic artifacts
• Develop and standardize cloud‑specific incident response playbooks to improve consistency and efficiency
• Stay current with evolving attack techniques and security technologies to design, build, and continuously refine cloud detections and alerts across Azure and Microsoft 365
• Participate in an on‑call rotation as needed to support timely response to security incidents outside of standard business hours

Qualifications

What makes you an ideal candidate?

• Extensive hands‑on experience responding to security incidents in Microsoft Azure and/or Microsoft 365
• Functional knowledge of Microsoft Defender, Azure Sentinel and underlying Azure Architecture