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Incident Handler

HarveyNew YorkSecurity
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Salary
$133.6K – $200.4K
Job type
Full-time
Experience
Senior · 3+ yrs
Posted
9 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Harvey is hiring an Incident Handler in New York to lead security event investigations and shape the detection and response function. This full-time position suits an experienced security professional with a background in cloud environments and threat detection seeking to join a growing artificial intelligence platform.

Role Overview

Harvey is seeking an experienced Incident Response Handler to command security incidents, coordinate containment, and implement preventive fixes. Located in New York, this individual contributor role sits within a technical security team focusing on protecting sensitive customer data and critical business workflows. The position involves establishing detection and response standards, applying an attacker mindset to security operations, and helping define the incident response program.

Key Responsibilities

Build strong relationships with key employees across the organization
Participate in security incidents, leading investigations across cloud infrastructure, identity systems, corporate environments, and AI platforms
Use, maintain, and contribute to an internally developed agentic SOC fine-tuned to the company threat environment
Work cross-functionally across technical and operational organizations to ensure code changes ship and policies are enforced
Contribute to the detection and response roadmap, including metrics, SLAs, threat modeling, and tabletop exercises for critical business risks
Ensure incident follow-ups are meaningfully closed across teams
Mentor engineers and incident responders, build playbooks and operational standards, and raise the security bar across the company

Requirements

Three or more years of experience in Incident Response, Detection and Response, Security Operations, Threat Detection, or related security engineering disciplines
Experience participating in investigations and response efforts for complex security incidents in cloud-native environments
Deep understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, including MITRE ATT&CK and modern threat actor tradecraft
Experience with one or more major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, alongside strong knowledge of operating systems, networking, and identity systems
Experience building security automation and tooling, with strong scripting or software engineering skills in Python, Go, or similar languages
Experience communicating incident status and risk to senior leadership

Skills and Tools

AWS
GCP
Azure
Python
Go
MITRE ATT&CK

Salary and Benefits

Salary range of $133,600 to $200,400 USD
Equity offerings included
Bonus offerings included

About the Company

Harvey transforms legal and professional services through frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and domain expertise. The company scales rapidly with product-market fit and investor support, operating under core values of decisiveness, simplicity, and completing the job.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

AWSGCPAzurePythonGoMITRE ATT&CK

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of the Incident Handler role?

The position is based in New York.

How many years of experience are required?

Applicants must have 3 or more years of experience in Incident Response, Detection & Response, Security Operations, Threat Detection, or related security engineering disciplines.

What is the compensation range for this position?

The salary ranges from $133,600 to $200,400 USD, with additional offers for equity and bonuses.

What programming languages are mentioned for automation and tooling?

Python, Go, or similar languages are required for building security automation and tooling.

Is this a team leadership or individual contributor role?

This is an individual contributor role where you will also mentor engineers, build playbooks, and help lead the detection and response function.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Harvey careers page.

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