Remote Incident Response Engineer II - MDR & Forensics Lead

Sophos; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Sophos is seeking an intermediate-level Incident Response Analyst to support its MDR customers within the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT). As an Incident Response Analyst 2, you will conduct advanced investigations, forensics, and containment during active incidents with moderate autonomy and customer-facing context.

You will mentor junior analysts, contribute to playbooks and service improvements, and help ensure high-quality engagement documentation across investigations.

Qualifications

• Advanced investigative and forensic analysis across endpoints, logs and cloud telemetry.
• Containment and response actions to neutralize active threats as directed by senior staff.
• Validate indicators of compromise (IOCs) and correlate alerts to determine scope and root cause.
• Maintain engagement documentation with timelines, playbooks and trailheads.
• Mentor junior IR and SOC analysts to ensure proper execution and documentation.
• Prepare technical findings for customer updates and post-incident reports.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced investigative and forensic analysis across endpoints, network logs, and cloud telemetry.
• Execute containment and response actions to neutralize active threats as directed by Incident Advisors or Senior Analysts.
• Validate indicators of compromise (IOCs) and correlate alerts, artifacts, and telemetry to determine scope and root cause.
• Maintain clear and accurate engagement documentation, including trailheads, timelines, and playbooks.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior IR and SOC analysts to ensure adherence to standards.
• Prepare technical findings and summaries for inclusion in customer updates and post-incident reports.

Skills

Incident response experience

Endpoint forensics

Log analysis

Threat investigation

MDR / SOC operations

Mentoring junior analysts

Communication skills

Education

GCIH

GCED

CompTIA Security+

Tools

EDR

SIEM

Forensic tools

Job description

Sophos is seeking an intermediate-level Incident Response Analyst to support its MDR customers within the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT). As an Incident Response Analyst 2, you will conduct advanced investigations, forensics, and containment during active incidents with moderate autonomy and customer-facing context.

You will mentor junior analysts, contribute to playbooks and service improvements, and help ensure high-quality engagement documentation across investigations.