Threat-Driven 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

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.