Cyber Defense Incident Responder

The opportunity

The Cyber & Investigative Services (CIS) Senior Cyber Incident Response Coordinator will exercise exemplary incident management techniques to coordinate incident response to cybersecurity events or incidents stemming from suspected threats on a global scale. Candidates for the role must have an exceptional comprehension of cybersecurity incident response plans and coordination of activities, establish and foster relationships on a global scale, and have superb verbal and written communication skills. Additionally, candidates must have a sense of diplomacy, ability to anticipate obstacles, and decision-making skills to handle the fast-paced world of cybersecurity incident management. Advanced skills in cybersecurity incident response, incident management, chain-of-custody, forensics, cybersecurity event analysis, and hands-on cybersecurity/digital-forensics skills are required.

Your

key responsibilities

Coordinate response efforts to cybersecurity incidents caused by external threats that may involve nontraditional

working hours
Serve as a liaison and relationship manager to different businesses and interface with fellow team members and colleagues on other Information Security teams, as well as manage relationships with business partners, management, vendors, and external parties Establish, foster, and maintain relationships with General Counsel, Data Privacy/Protection, and Risk Management key contacts Drive and manage integration with other corporate incident management programs to ensure consistency and alignment with peer support teams within IT Lead process and documentation development and improvements by the Cyber & Investigative Services team Develop and document processes to ensure consistent and scalable response operations, and ensure continuous improvement to the firm’s global cybersecurity incident response plan Collaborate with Cyber Incident Response lead to review team performance and deficencies in order to identy areas for improvement, as well as institue programs for correction or enhancement Draft communications and ensure timely reports/updates to leadership for their own cases and the cases of those reporting to them during and after an event/incident Own and manage the team’s internal action playbooks and knowledgebase Must be willing to be on-call off hours in rotation with other team members (Required)

Skills and attributes for success

An very good comprehension of the incident response lifecycle in theory and practice The ability to coordinate complex, global cybersecurity incidents from the point of incident declaration through resolution Drive cybersecurity incident gap identification and post incident lesson’s learned efforts to resolution Have comprehensive knowledge in all domains of Information Security and associated technologies in the support of collaboration with partnering teams, eradication, and remediation efforts in support of cybersecurity incidents, and appropriate identification and assignment of gaps identified during response efforts Comfortable managing through ambiguity, making thoughtful and sound judgments during stressful environments Analyze findings in investigative matters, and develop fact-based reports Ability to identify and articulate opportunities for improvement while driving lessons learned activities Demonstrate integrity and judgment within a professional environment Inquisitive approach to analysis and peer review Application of emotional intelligence and calm under pressure Ability to appropriately balance work/personal priorities

To qualify for the role, you must have

Education:
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience

Experience:
7+ years’ experience in at least two of the following roles: Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst/Manager (3 years minimum) Cybersecurity Incident Coordinator Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity Detection Engineering Other relevant Cyber Defense functions Attack & Penetration Testing (Active Defense) eDiscovery or related role performing forensic functions Deep understanding of security threats, vulnerabilities, and incident response Understanding of electronic investigation, forensic tools, and methodologies, including: log correlation and analysis, forensically handling electronic data, knowledge of the computer security investigative processes, malware identification and analysis Be familiar with a basic understanding of legalities surrounding electronic discovery and analysis Understanding of regulatory stipulations regarding security incidents Experience with SIEM technologies ( Splunk, Sentinel) Understanding of both Windows an