Staff Incident Responder

Fluidstack

$250K — $350K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience leading material security incidents as incident commander.
  • Proven track record in building incident response (IR) programs, including runbooks and post-incident reviews.
  • Strong analytical skills for identifying incident patterns and designing systemic fixes.
  • Experience with collaboration tools and understanding of agent-human interplay in incident responses.
  • Calm and authoritative presence in high-pressure situations involving critical infrastructure.
  • Bonus: Experience in cloud environments and building IR functions from scratch.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate incident response efforts as incident commander across various teams.
  • Develop and maintain standards for the incident response program, including runbooks and severity definitions.
  • Define criteria and processes for human-agent collaboration in security responses.
  • Design and manage senior-IR on-call rotation and ensure effective incident command practices.
  • Analyze incidents to identify trends, systemic risks, and opportunities for improvements.
  • Ensure cross-team follow-up actions are taken after significant incidents.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package including salary and equity options.
  • Retirement or pension plan provided according to local customs.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance included.
  • Generous PTO policy aligning with local standards.
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Run material incidents as incident commander, coordinating across detection, response, physical security, data center operations, legal, communications, and customers.
  • Build the IR program: runbook standards, severity definitions, materiality methodology, evidence contracts, and post-incident review cadence.
  • Define the agent-human contract for response: escalation criteria, evidence packages required from agents, and human-verdict feedback into agent quality.
  • Design and operate the senior-IR on-call rotation (ack SLAs, escalation chain, fan-out logic) and remain an active senior incident commander inside it.
  • Analyze incident trends to surface systemic risks and recurring root causes, and turn learnings into runbook, detection, or program improvements.
  • Drive cross-functional remediation follow-through after every significant incident.
What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've been the incident commander on material security incidents, coordinating technical responders and business stakeholders under pressure.
  • You've built IR program foundations: runbooks, severity and materiality definitions, evidence handling, post-incident review.
  • You think in systems. You turn incident patterns into durable fixes across runbooks, detections, and process.
  • You're fluent enough with agentic and LLM-assisted response to define how agents and human responders divide the work.
  • You operate calmly as the senior voice in the room when critical infrastructure is under attack.
  • Bonus: Incident command in cloud or hyperscale environments. Building an IR function from scratch. OT or physical-incident response. Agent-first response design.
Salary & Benefits
  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity)
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms

The base salary range for this position is $250,000 - $350,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email [redacted] with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

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