In my 10 years experience in IT I have dealt with numerous malware outbreaks and website hacking incidents.
I end up doing root-cause analysis after containing the infection, and I recommend steps to secure the network/servers once it's all done.
I love analysing malware and I maintain a sandbox where I play with malware samples I have collected from various incidents.
When I am not working, I spend time programming in C#, Python and JavaScript and I use the knowledge to write scripts that help me in automating repeated, boring tasks.