The Cyber Defense Response Analyst III is a mid-level technical role focused on responding to and remediating cyber incidents at CME Group, a major player in global financial markets. We are looking for someone who finds joy in the inner workings of technology, with the occasional tendency to get lost in deep research. In this role, you will use industry leading tools while responding to medium-severity incidents in collaboration with teammates around the globe.

We provide autonomy, and outstanding learning environment with access to top tier technology, opportunities to align project work with your individual interests, and access to our extensive training programs, including annual SANS training

Primary Responsibilities:
• Digital Forensics and Incident Response: Drive the full incident response lifecycle from initial triage to remediation, confidently applying specialty skills like endpoint forensics and malware analysis. Be ready to operate in a multi-cloud environment.

• Threat Hunting: Conduct regular threat hunts to identify misconfigurations, detection gaps, and other anomalies.





• Automation & Engineering: Use AI, Python and REST APIs to build/integrate security tools for ad-hoc needs, while working with automation engineers to develop heavy-duty solutions for advanced use-cases.

• Tabletop Exercises (TTX): Lead regular tabletop exercises to improve team readiness.

• Technical Documentation: Contribute continuously to our internal knowledge base of incident response runbooks and playbooks, keeping it exhaustive, accurate, and reflective of the latest workflows.

Ideal Candidate Attributes:
• Innate Curiosity: An exceptional level of curiosity and a track record of self-teaching advanced technical concepts.

• Highly Innovative: You have a consistent record of taking unorthodox approaches to challenges and a demonstrated ability to innovate within information technology domains.

• A "Researcher" Mindset: A passion for collecting facts, debating details, and

📌 Cyber Defense Response Analyst III (Bengaluru)
🏢 CME Group
📍 Bengaluru