Lead Consultant - Incident Response (CPX)
Overview:
As a Lead Incident Responder in the Incident Response & Forensics Team within a high-impact and operationally critical cyber defence environment, you live and breathe blue team operations. Your technical expertise in digital forensics and cyber incident response is well complemented by your integrity and passion for cyber security and technology in general.
You work well in a team of highly motivated and skilled blue teamers, but you can also achieve your work independently in different engagements and scenarios.
You enjoy taking on new challenges in a fast paced and dynamic working environment. You are a team player who is always willing to help out where required, with a humble and positive attitude.
Responsibilities:
Serve as technical & coordination lead on active incident response engagements
English communication skills and stakeholder management skills are a MUST, to coordinate technical staff and communicate investigation progress to clients
Execute and coordinate threat hunting activities in support of incident response engagements and SOC activities
Perform host and/or network-based forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
Execute digital forensic investigations supporting cyber incident response engagements
Contribute to process documentation and continuous service improvement activities
Lead the production of detailed reports and technical briefs, effectively communicate tasks, methodology and guidance to customers
Perform Quality Assurance activities over reports created by more junior members of the team
Explain technical findings in a manner that can be easily understood by technical and non-technical staff
Demonstrate industry thought leadership through creating and developing internal brown-bag sessions
Lead team research activities in search of service improvement tasks
Help maintain the client-fostered DFIR Forensics Lab
Be the team’s subject matter expert on at least two of the following verticals: host forensics, network forensics, mobile forensics, malware analysis, OT/ICS Incident Response, cloud forensics, threat hunting
Ability to achieve tasks independently within the team after initial 2 months. Flexible schedule that is open to changing situations and opportunities, as is typical with incident response. You must be a team player, with a humble and approachable nature who is willing to go the extra mile.
Technical Skills : -
Strong understanding of blue team operations and threat hunting
Sound understanding of network protocols, TCP/IP etc. Sound understanding of Microsoft Windows
Sound understanding of Linux and OSX
Sound forensic skills across multiple operating systems
Strong understanding of network analysis tools like Bro/Zeek, Rita or Suricata
Ability to perform analysis of system and network devices logs
Sound understanding of the capabilities of static and dynamic malware analysis
Sound understanding of enterprise systems, technologies, and infrastructure
Strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations
Strong understanding of current threats, vulnerabilities, and attack trends
Strong understanding of ATT&CK framework
Sound understanding of AI security processes & ability to use AI properly within IR investigations
Excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise, and ability to work independently
Qualifications:
Certifications/Qualifications/Skills : -
Good attention to detail and reporting accuracy, excellent stakeholder management & communication skills; excellent English language skills, both spoken and written
GIAC Certified in a minimum of one discipline (two desired): GNFA, GCIH, GCIA, GCFE, GCFA, GDAT, etc
Or equivalent (eLearnSecurity .etc)
Previous experience performing digital forensics is A MUST
Previous experience performing malware analysis is desirable
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering desirable, but not mandatory