Staff Security Incident Commander

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control center for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow—helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better.

About the role

The ServiceNow Security Organization (SSO) delivers world-class, innovative security solutions to reduce risk and protect the company and our customers. We enable our customers to migrate their most sensitive data and workloads to the cloud, accelerating our business so that we are the most trusted SaaS provider. We create an environment where our employees are proud to work and can make a positive impact.

ServiceNow’s Security Incident Command (SIC) team is seeking an experienced senior security incident commander to support the orchestration of incident response strategy and communications during critical information security-related incidents.

About the SIC Team

The SIC team maintains and executes the Major Security Incidents (MSI) lifecycle within ServiceNow, including Preparation, Response, and Recovery. MSIs are our most challenging and impactful security incidents which pose active or heightened risk to the company and/or our customers. Key value areas are preparing the company for MSIs through tabletop exercises (TTX), coordination of activity between many response workstream partners, maintenance and development of playbooks and procedures, tracking key MSI metrics and facts to keep everyone oriented, and communicating status, milestones, blockers, and critical decisions needed to senior management and executive stakeholders, including the CISO.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate response and remediation of incident response for highest criticality security events.
• Take ownership and lead response to critical incidents within the company.
• Establish and mature documentation surrounding protocols and procedures governing the security incident command team.
• Prepare and deliver communications, including executive summaries and incident briefings, to key stakeholders during and after incident response.
• Conduct rapid response, mitigation, and investigations on the highest priority cases impacting ServiceNow and user data.
• Partner with team members across multiple regions to drive response and investigations globally.
• Organize and facilitate scenario-based exercises to test and improve incident management and response strategies.
• Maintain existing playbooks and procedures, as well as develop new ones, to further standardize SIC and its partners' responses when verifying MSIs.
• Contribute to the organization and completion of Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) and Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) following major security incidents.
• Identify new ways to simplify, integrate, automate, and refine the major security incident process to better support internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industry.
• 8+ years of total cybersecurity professional experience, or similar experience with education.
• 4–6+ years of deep domain expertise in incident response and/or incident management.
• Experience leading or supporting complex security incidents to resolution end-to-end.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English).
• Comfort communicating complex topics in a clear and concise manner to different tiers of audiences (highly technical, less technical, executives, practitioners).
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills; ability to quickly and accurately assess a situation, identify and prioritize risks, and make sound decisions.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK). Knowledge across multiple security domains is a plus.
• Experience planning and/or orchestrating tabletop exercises is a plus.

Pay

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $146,200 - $255,900, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.

Benefits

• Health plans, including flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) Plan with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Matching donations.
• Flexible time away plan and family leave programs.