Senior Cyber Defense Manager - Incident Response

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Senior Cyber Defense Manager - Incident Response Las Vegas, , United States Company Description: Boyd Gaming Corporation has been successful in gaming jurisdiction in which we operate in the United States and is one of the premier casino entertainment companies in the United States. Never content to rest upon our successes, we will continue to evolve and retain a position of leadership in our industry. Our past success, our current business philosophies and our sound business planning, combine to position Boyd Gaming Corporation to maximize value for our shareholders, our team members and our communities. Job Description: Lead the Cyber Incident Response Program Oversee the full incident response lifecycle: preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident lessons learned (per NIST SP 800-61 or similar frameworks). Manage day-to-day incident response operations, including triage, investigation coordination, forensic analysis, and executive-level reporting. Develop, maintain, and regularly test incident response playbooks, runbooks, and escalation procedures. Enhance Detection Capabilities Drive continuous improvement of threat detection engineering, including tuning of SIEM rules, EDR/XDR configurations, threat intelligence integration, and behavioral analytics. Collaborate with SOC, threat hunting, and security engineering teams to reduce false positives, accelerate mean time to detect (MTTD) and respond (MTTR), and implement proactive detection use cases. Lead initiatives to mature internal blue-team capabilities across endpoints, cloud, identity, network, and email environments. Manage MSSP Services Transition Lead the end-to-end transition of MSSP services from the current provider to the new partner, including planning, knowledge transfer, contract/SLA alignment, and cutover execution. Conduct due diligence on the

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