# Incident Response Engineer

Role Summary Incident Response Consultants play a key role in supporting customers through cybersecurity incidents by coordinating the response between the customer, DFIR consultants, and other technical teams. This is a customer-facing role focused on incident coordination, communication, and ensuring that response activities progress effectively from initial engagement through to resolution. You will work closely with DFIR consultants who conduct the technical investigation, while helping customers understand what is happening, what information or actions are required, and what the next steps are. You do not need to be a digital forensics specialist. However, you will need a strong understanding of enterprise technology and cybersecurity concepts, combined with excellent communication, organisation, and stakeholder management skills. Previous experience supporting or coordinating cybersecurity incidents will be highly valued. What You Will Do Act as a primary coordination point between customers and DFIR consultants during active cybersecurity incidents. Coordinate and host incident scoping calls with customers to understand the incident, establish requirements, and support the

- **Id**: 3791385
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sophos-incident-response-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Japan
- **Countries**: JP
- **Hiring countries**: JP
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T04:12:29Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T15:47:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4537
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Incident Response, Network Security, Endpoint Security, Information Security

## Company

- **Id**: 1926
- **Name**: Sophos
- **Domain**: sophos.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sophos>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.75
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 77
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: Japanese; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no
- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Japan** — Iso: JP; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T06:48:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 77
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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