DFIR Lead

Help AG; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Career progression and growth

Learning and development opportunities

Annual flights tickets

Flexible/Hybrid working environment

Open door policy

Job summary

Help AG in Dubai leads incident response and digital forensics for complex security incidents. You will guide a DFIR team, conduct on-site and off-site engagements, and develop custom response playbooks and detection content.

The role requires extensive senior DFIR experience, strong leadership, and hands-on forensic skills with a focus on real-world incident handling and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in information security including operations, intrusion detection, incident analysis or malware analysis.
• 2–3 years as a Senior/ Lead Analyst guiding and mentoring other analysts.
• Certifications: CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, OSCP.
• Strong background in Threat Analysis, Network Security, Forensics and Penetration Testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the DFIR team and manage daily tasks.
• Coordinate incident response activities in unknown environments: triage, containment, eradication, remediation.
• Conduct in-depth forensic investigations to determine root causes of incidents.
• Develop and maintain incident response plans, playbooks, and best practices.
• Collaborate with IT, legal and management for coordinated incident responses.
• Analyze logs from diverse security technologies to detect threats.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Incident response

Forensics

Threat hunting

Python/PowerShell

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Yara

Snort

Sigma rules

Digital Forensics tools

Job description

Help AG is looking for an experienced Incident Response and Forensic Investigation Lead who will be responsible for leading the DFIR team and performing off-site and on-site Incident Response activities and customer engagements, leveraging multiple security technologies, guiding, and leading customers in the handling of Security Incidents and examining IT and security systems using best-practice digital forensic methods to detect, validate and mitigate IT security related incidents.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the DFIR team and act on daily management tasks.
• Lead and coordinate incident response activities in unknown environments, including triage, containment, eradication, and remediation.
• Conduct in-depth forensic investigations to determine the root cause of security incidents and breaches.
• Develop and maintain standard incident response plans, best practices, policies, and procedures.
• Develop custom incident response plans tied to specific environments and customer situations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, legal, and management, to ensure a coordinated response to security incidents.
• Examinate and analyze logs/data from a broad variety of security technologies, such as but not limited to Antiviruses, IDS/IPS, Firewalls,
• Switches, VPNs and other security data and log sources.
• Perform forensic analysis of different artifacts including RAM, packet captures, logs, and disk images.
• Reverse engineer malicious software and develop signatures and indicators of compromise.
• Actively develop incident response tools, scripts, and various detection content.
• Research Red Team techniques, develop custom detection queries, rules, watchlists and other content, and conduct threat hunts.
• Articulate and execute common Incident Response methods (e.g., SANS).
• Respond to inbound requests via phone and other electronic means for technical assistance with managed services.
• Work on-site as required with clients during Live Security Incidents (could be out of country).
• Maintain a high degree of awareness of the current threat landscape.
• Champion excellence and support others in delivering it through active knowledge sharing with team members, writing technical articles for internal knowledge bases, blog posts and reports as required or requested.
• Create and present customer reports to ensure quality, accuracy, and value to the client.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to junior incident response and forensic investigation team members.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices in incident response and digital forensics.
• Perform other essential duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills

• A Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related degree.
• 10+ years of experience in information security, in areas such as security operations, intrusion detection, incident analysis, incident handling, log analysis, malware analysis, reverse engineering or threat detection.
• At least 2-3 years of experience as a Senior or Lead Analyst, or equivalent experience guiding, mentoring, and teaching other Analysts/Security Professionals how to handle Security Incidents.
• Must have any of the following certifications: CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, OSCP certification
• Strong background or equivalent experience in four of the following: Security Threat and Event Analysis, Network Security Operations or Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Malware Analysis, Windows/Linux/OSX Forensics, Penetration Testing, Active Directory and Azure Administration.
• A sound knowledge of IT security best practices, common attack types and detection/prevention methods.
• Demonstrable experience in accountability for and applying the methods of Incident Response, including adherence to process and direct engagement with stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in analyzing and interpreting system, security, and application logs.
• Broad knowledge of the type of events that Firewalls, IDS/IPS and other security related devices produce.
• Demonstrable experience in the use of Digital Forensics tools, techniques and concepts including creating and using custom tools and scripts.
• Static reverse engineering and analysis of malware written in different languages (X86/X64/C/C#, Go, etc.), signatures and Yara/Snort/Sigma rules development.
• Strong knowledge of Red Team tactics and ability to find adversary traces on Enterprise scale.
• Rapid development in scripting languages: Python/PowerShell /Bash.
• Deep TCP/IP knowledge, networking, and security product experience.
• Knowledge of attack activities, such as scans, man in the middle, sniffing, DoS, DDoS, etc. and possible abnormal activities, such as worms, Trojans, viruses, etc.
• Demonstrate experience in handling Incident Response engagements (APTs and Ransomware) using the SANS Incident Response method (or similar).

Benefits

• Health insurance with one of the leading global providers for medical insurance.
• Career progression and growth through challenging projects and work.
• Employee engagement and wellness campaigns activities throughout the year.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.
• Annual flights tickets.
• Inclusive and diverse working environment.
• Flexible/Hybrid working environment.
• Open door policy.

About Us

Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of e&, is the Middle East's trusted cybersecurity partner, enabling governments, enterprises and critical industries to innovate with confidence. Combining strategic consulting, advanced managed security services and deep technology expertise, Help AG helps organisations strengthen cyber resilience, secure AI adoption and build trusted sovereign digital environments. With regional expertise and a customer-first approach, Help AG delivers end-to-end cybersecurity capabilities designed to protect critical operations, manage evolving risks and support secure digital transformation. Through continuous innovation, trusted partnerships and measurable outcomes, Help AG enables organisations to remain resilient, prepared and confident in a complex digital world.