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Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Towson, MD · On-site

$145K - $165K/yr

... direct hire, permanent position with benefits (below) * While we are open to remote candidates ... Implement key initiatives from the organization's three-year cybersecurity strategic roadmap ...

Cyber Security Task Lead

Linthicum, MD

$109K - $148K/yr

Brief the CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions to enable unity of ... Cyberspace), Cybersecurity, Software engineering, or Data/AI under DoDI 8140.01. * 5+ years of ...

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As of Sep 5, 2026, the average yearly pay for director cybersecurity in Baltimore, MD is $140,142.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $110,577.00 and $160,840.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Director of Cybersecurity is responsible for overseeing an organization's cybersecurity strategy, policies, and operations. They lead teams to protect sensitive data and systems from cyber threats, manage incident response, and ensure compliance with security regulations. This role often involves collaborating with other executives to align security initiatives with business objectives and staying updated on the latest security technologies and risks. The Director also plays a key role in training staff, conducting risk assessments, and developing disaster recovery plans.

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To thrive as a Director of Cybersecurity, you need deep expertise in information security management, risk assessment, and incident response, typically supported by a bachelor's or master's degree in a related field and significant industry experience. Familiarity with security frameworks (such as NIST or ISO/IEC 27001), regulatory compliance standards, and certifications like CISSP or CISM is often required. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and effective communication skills help you guide teams and influence organizational security culture. These skills are crucial for protecting sensitive data, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing resilient cybersecurity programs.

How does a director of cybersecurity typically collaborate with other departments to ensure organizational security?

A Director of Cybersecurity works closely with various departments, including IT, legal, compliance, and executive leadership, to develop and implement security strategies that align with organizational goals. They often lead cross-functional teams during security incident response, ensure regular communication about risks, and provide guidance on secure practices. Building strong relationships across the organization is essential for fostering a security-aware culture and for integrating security considerations into business processes and projects.

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Infographic showing various Director Cybersecurity job openings in Baltimore, MD as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 2% As Needed, 81% Full Time, 13% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 91% Physical, 3% Hybrid, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $140,142 per year, or $67.4 per hour.

Cyber Security Engineer: Threat Intelligence and Incident Response (HYBRID)

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

Cockeysville, MD • On-site

$110 - $170/hr

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Posted 18 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Assist with the development and maintenance of the security roadmap and enterprise security documents.

  • Monitor, analyze, and respond to threats, incidents, and alerts across on-premise and cloud infrastructure.

  • Participate in threat hunting, forensic investigations, and incident response activities.


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Company rating: 8.2 out of 10

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70th of 444 rated food and drinks producers


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Cyber Security Engineer: Threat Intelligence and Incident Response (HYBRID)

HUNT VALLEY, MD, US, 21031

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Cy ber Security Engineer for Threat Intelligence and Incident Response. This is position will be located in Hunt Valley, MD This position will report to the Director, Cyber Security Threat Intelligence and Incident Response

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 13,000 employees worldwide. As a Fortune 500 company with over $5 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."

As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.

  • tuition assistance
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • group life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • profit sharing
  • paid holidays
  • vacations
Position Overview/Primary Purpose:

This role works with the team that defines the strategic vision, roadmap, principals and standards for McCormick’s Threat Intelligence and incident response capabilities. The scope of this role includes providing expertise and understanding of the threat landscape working with different teams to mitigate risk and understand the threats that might impact our business. Provide expert knowledge of Threat Intelligence process and technologies including VM, SIEM, SOC, threat hunting, Incident response, and cloud security. In this role you will track, analyze, and respond to incoming threats and respond to incidents. You will be involved in the evolution of our threat intelligence program as we build new capabilities and enhance current one’s for cloud security. Central to this is building the technology, processes and capabilities identify threats across the infrastructure both on premise and in the cloud. To accomplish this, you will work closely with our internal security teams, managed service providers and other partners to help develop threat intelligence program that is resilient and supportable.

This position will provide the opportunity to assist in monitoring and protecting McCormick cloud applications and infrastructure, local infrastructure, and physical locations against intrusion, hacking attempts, viruses, malware, and vulnerabilities. You would play a key role in assisting the Security teams in implementing various security initiatives. This role will be an integral part of our Security Operations Centre (SOC) aligned with our threat intelligence and incident response teams.

This position will also be responsible for working with other Security team members to respond to incidents, participate in security investigations and forensics, and lead, consult, and participate in IT projects and initiatives.

This role reports to the Director of Cyber Security Threat Intelligence and Incident Response

Responsibilities:
  • Assist with the development and maintenance of our security roadmap. Participate in the creation of enterprise security documents (policies, standards, baselines, guidelines and procedures) under the direction of the IT Security Leadership, where appropriate.
  • Assist with the identification of the tools, processes and controls required to effectively secure the McCormick enterprise ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the Company’s information assets. Work with security team to deploy and operate the threat intelligence tools and processes
  • Assist with a variety of security applications and services such as Vulnerability management, SIEM, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Content Filtering, Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, Forensic and Data Loss / Leakage tools. The escalation of threats and incidents to management and the development of recommendations based on incident findings
  • Threat hunting, forensics, and incident response is included in daily responsibilities.
  • Monitor and analyze traffic and events/alerts and advise on remediation actions
  • Review and assess impact and remediation actions for incidents escalated by Tier 1
  • Investigate intrusion attempts and perform in-depth analysis of exploits by correlating various sources and determining which system or data set is affected.
  • Follow standard operating procedures for detecting, classifying, and reporting incidents
  • Demonstrate network expertise to support timely and effective decision making of when to declare an incident
  • Conduct proactive threat research
  • Analyze a variety of network and host-based security appliance logs (Firewalls, NIDS, HIDS, Sys Logs, etc.) to determine the correct remediation actions and escalation paths for each incident
  • Independently follow procedures to identify, contain, analyze, document and eradicate malicious activity
  • Document all activities during an incident and provide leadership with status updates during the life cycle of the incident
  • Escalate information regarding intrusion events, security incidents, and other threat indications and warning information to the client
  • Track trends and configure systems as required to reduce false positives from true events.
  • Assist with the development of processes and procedures to improve incident response times, analysis of incident, and overall SOC functions
  • Provide written analysis for monthly reports on an as-needed basis
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or in a relevant field.
  • 5 years experience working in a SOC environment, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management and SIEM.
  • 3 years experience working in a 24x7 global enterprise environment.
  • Understanding of Security principles, techniques and technologies such as SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Controls and OWASP Top 10.
  • Understanding of incident handling and forensics, Risk Assessment & Quantification methodologies, and familiarity with automated security monitoring systems and log correlation. Microsoft Windows and Unix Operating Systems basics
  • Proven experience in IT systems design and development of security tools and platforms such as Azure, Rapid 7, QRadar, Sentinel, Microsoft AD/Azure AD, and 365. Experience working with offensive security tools and processes.
  • Possess an enterprise-wide view of security operations with varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance.
  • Understand complex architecture concepts across multiple technologies within systems in a hybrid cloud architecture
  • Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  • Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations.
  • Positive approach to customer service with demonstrated ability to handle high pressure support needs in a calm, respectful, and efficient manner.
  • Ability to maintain confidential and personal information
Preferred Qualifications: A combination of the following
  • CCSK – Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (T59B3N3CL141QH51)
  • CEH – EC | Council Certified Ethical Hacker (ECC3072461958)
  • ITIL Foundation v4 (GR671013561MO)
  • ITIL Intermediate – IT Service Operation (GR754062762MO)
  • CISC – Certified Information Security Consultant
  • CPFA – Certified Professional Forensics Analyst
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion,national origin, disability, protectedveteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

WHY WORK AT MCCORMICK?

United by flavor. Driven by results.

As a McCormick employee you’ll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities. You’ll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself—to have a say in where the company is going and how it’s growing.

Between our passion for flavor, our 130-year history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.

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