Remote Incident Response Consultant — Lead Investigations

Hamilton Barnes; United Kingdom; À distance; GBP 45 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Fully remote work

Ongoing training

Career progression

Exposure to high-impact incidents

Résumé du poste

Hamilton Barnes is seeking an experienced Incident Response Consultant for a fully remote role based in the United Kingdom. You will lead end-to-end cyber incident investigations across host, network, and cloud environments, advising client stakeholders throughout.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of incident response, SOC, or security consulting experience, with strong networking, endpoint security, and forensic skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of incident response, SOC, or security consulting with focus on investigations and containment
• Experience handling complex, high-severity security incidents in client-facing or consultancy environments
• Strong technical knowledge across networking, endpoint security, and digital forensics
• Hands-on experience with EDR and SIEM platforms like Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne

Responsabilités

• Own and lead the end-to-end lifecycle of cyber incidents, including triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and root cause analysis
• Conduct forensic investigations across endpoints, networks, and cloud platforms
• Perform live compromise assessments for organisations with suspected breaches
• Act as a key point of contact during incidents, managing communication and escalation with client stakeholders
• Develop, maintain, and improve incident response playbooks and SOPs
• Support and guide junior analysts on complex investigations
• Deliver post-incident reviews, including lessons learned and remediation strategies
• Support incident readiness through tabletop exercises and simulation activities
• Recommend improvements to detection and response capabilities across SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms
• Produce detailed incident and forensic reports for both technical and non-technical audiences

Connaissances

Incident response

SOC

Forensics

EDR

SIEM

Communication

Certifications

Outils

Microsoft Defender

Sentinel

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Description du poste

Hamilton Barnes is seeking an experienced Incident Response Consultant for a fully remote role based in the United Kingdom. You will lead end-to-end cyber incident investigations across host, network, and cloud environments, advising client stakeholders throughout.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of incident response, SOC, or security consulting experience, with strong networking, endpoint security, and forensic skills.