Incident Response Analyst

Creative Artists Agency (CAA); Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is seeking an experienced security professional to join the Information Security group in London. You will drive end-to-end incident response, develop runbooks, and coordinate with technical and business stakeholders across a global environment to protect enterprise systems and data.

The role requires hands-on threat hunting, forensics, and log analysis capabilities, with a strong background in Windows/Linux, network analysis, and malware analysis.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in IT with 2+ years in IR, threat hunting or forensics.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in two or more of: Windows memory forensics, NetFlow/PCAP analysis, log analysis, Unix/Linux forensics, malware analysis.
• Strong understanding of servers, operating systems, networks, firewalls, cloud apps and infrastructure.
• Expertise building workflows and playbooks to support IR processes.
• Knowledge of the NIST framework and continuous improvement loops.
• Ability to test and validate security controls and detect threats early in the kill chain.

Responsibilities

• Conduct day-to-day Incident Response activities for a global environment.
• Design, engineer, and implement runbooks and playbooks for incident response.
• Coordinate with technical and business stakeholders during IR processes.
• Perform host, cloud, network, memory, or log analysis and forensics for IR investigations.
• Play an active role in CAA’s Security Incident Response efforts to identify and mitigate threats.
• Review security information, event logs, and reports; provide findings and recommendations.
• Use leadership input and metrics to ensure controls meet objectives; continually improve security controls.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Forensics

Log analysis

Windows forensics

Unix/Linux forensics

Malware analysis

Network analysis

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree

Tools

NetFlow/PCAP analysis

Job description

Job Description

THE AGENCY

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, brand management and consumer product licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world.

The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology startup companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, form brand marketing services division, and launch a family office advisory practice, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for 10 consecutive years, CAA represents more than 3,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of property sales and sponsorships, media advisory, brand consulting, venue development and strategic advisory, and executive search.

Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, London, Nashville, Munich, Shanghai, Beijing, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Singapore, Toronto, Denver, Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Atlanta, among other locations globally. For more information, please visit www.caa.com .

OVERVIEW

This is a hands-on security position working within the Information Security group and with the internal IT department at large. This position’s core focus is to ensure consistent, measurable end to end triage and closure of security related events. The successful candidate will work to assess, develop, and deploy detection capabilities ensuring enterprise systems and data are protected.

We are looking for candidates who have a passion for Cyber Security, threat detection, threat hunting, and incident response. You will be a key part of our efforts to build and support a defensible environment where we are able to detect, contain and respond quickly to threats and compromise in ways that serve to enable the business needs a highly collaborative organization. The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practice.

Responsibilities to include:

• Conduct day-to-day Incident Response activities as well as additional SOC related detection and response activities as required for a global environment
• Design, engineer, and implement runbooks and playbooks for incident response
• Coordinate with both technical and business stakeholders during the incident response process.
• Perform host based, cloud based, network based, memory, or log analysis and/or forensics in support of Incident Response investigations
• Play an active role in CAA’s Security Incident Response efforts, working to identify and mitigate information security threats
• Review security information, event logs, and reports, provide findings and recommendations
• Use input from IRM leadership and key security metrics to ensure technical security controls are meeting desired objectives; implement a process of continual review and improvement to ensure the measurable effectiveness of CAA’s technical controls
• Other projects or duties as assigned, including periodic on-call

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 3 years in Information Technology, ideally with 2 years’ experience in a hands-on Incident Response, threat hunting, or forensics role
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field of work
• Strong technical background with experience in at least two of the following
• Windows disk and memory forensics
• Network traffic analysis (netflow,pcap)
• Log analysis
• Unix or Linux disk and memory forensics
• Malware analysis – both static and dynamic
• A strong understanding of the fundamental operations of servers, operating systems, networks, firewalls, cloud applications, and infrastructure
• Expertise building workflows and playbooks to facilitate the Incident Response process
• An understanding of the NIST framework and using a continuous improvement loop
• Has built and managed frameworks to test and validate the effective operation of security controls; measuring the ability to respond to threats and attacks at the earliest point in the kill chain

Please ensure you provide complete and legible information in your application. An incomplete application may affect your consideration for employment.

Creative Artists Agency (“CAA”) is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As part of our zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in any form, you and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally recognised protected basis under UK law.

Please inform CAA’s Recruitment Department if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.