Senior Cyber Incident Response Analyst

Integrity360; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrity360 in Dublin, Ireland is seeking a Senior Cyber Incident Response Analyst to join our SOC, delivering incident response, forensics and threat intelligence services for clients across multiple sectors.

You will proactively hunt threats, evaluate tools, and develop reusable response playbooks and IR plans, while coordinating with customers and internal teams. A strong ITIL/ISO background is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in incident response, malware analysis and forensics.
• Proven ability to advise and resolve complex security issues.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL, PCI-DSS and ISO security standards.
• Experience with incident communication and coordination across teams.
• Proactive threat hunting and tool evaluation for IR.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders and C-level when needed.

Responsibilities

• Respond to incidents using established IR methodologies for clients.
• Proactively hunt adversaries in customer networks and perform intrusion analysis.
• Conduct malware reverse engineering and digital forensics.
• Provide threat intelligence services and advise on tooling.
• Deliver timely incident updates and coordinate with stakeholders.

Skills

Customer focus

Multitasking

Difficult issues

ITIL processes

Judgement

Incidents to resolution

Elevate issues

Incident management

Deadlines

Cross-team collaboration

ITIL/SANS/PCI DSS/ISO standards

Reusable processes/data architectures

Education

SANS certifications (GSEC, GCIH, GCFE/GCFA, GNFA, GREM)

CREST certifications: II, HIA, NIA, MRE, PI, RIA

Certified Ethical Hacker

Strong team player with flexible approach

Job description

Title

Senior Cyber Incident Response Analyst

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Salary

Negotiable / DOE

About Us

Integrity360 is a leading independent cybersecurity and PCI specialist operating across Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. The company has office locations in Ireland, the UK, Bulgaria, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Lithuania, Ukraine, Africa, the Caribbean, and Canada, supported by six Security Operations Centres (SOCs) located in Dublin, Sofia, Madrid, Stockholm, Rome, and Cape Town.

With over 780 employees, including more than 585 dedicated cybersecurity professionals, Integrity360 delivers a full suite of professional, support, and managed security services. These span the complete cyber risk lifecycle, from identification and prevention to detection, response, and recovery. Integrity360 supports over 3000 mid-market and enterprise organisations across sectors including financial services, insurance, government, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, and utilities.

At Integrity360, people come first. We invest heavily in learning, development and progression, fostering a dynamic culture where innovation, collaboration and continuous growth are at the heart of what we do. If you're ready to take your cyber security career to the next level, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Role / Responsibilities

The Senior Cyber Incident Response Analyst will work within established methodologies to perform a variety of Incident Response related activities for new and existing customers, to include responding to cyber incidents, proactively hunting for adversaries in customer networks, conducting detailed Intrusion analysis – host and network, malware reverse engineering, Digital forensics and Cyber Threat Intelligence services.

Proactive client services, such as compromise assessments and evaluating and recommending tools and technology for incident response are also in scope. Demonstration of a strong comprehension of malware, emerging threats and adversary TTPs will be critical to success.

Desired Skills

• Customer focus - have the ability to work directly with customers and demonstrate services delivered to customers in a face to face setting when required.
• You will have the capacity to multitask on several technical and operational issues simultaneously. Have a very good understanding of customer issues and you are able to empathize with customers as to their current situation.
• Ability to think through difficult issues and provide advice or when necessary
• A clear understanding of the ITIL processes
• Ability to work on assignments requiring sound judgement in resolving issues or in making recommendations;
• Initiative to drive all incidents to resolution, ensuring timely participation by all stakeholders;
• Without hesitation when required, elevate issues to upper management, to include C-Level managers, in accordance with prescribed procedures.
• Incident Management and Incident communication experience
• Experienced in meeting deadlines while following processes and procedures
• Capable of working with other teams that challenge your processes and procedures
• Understanding of ITIL, SANS, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and ISO20000
• Logical thought mindset and experience developing reusable processes / data architectures.

Technical Knowledge Requirements

• Host Intrusion Analysis
  • Windows (Endpoint and Server)
  • Unix
• Network Intrusion Analysis
• Familiarity with categories of Malware and Malware Reverse Engineering techniques
• Experience working with security tools for the purposes of detection, diagnosis, containment and remediation
• Extensive knowledge of Windows server systems.
• Experienced in creating and maintaining a security incident response plan (IRP).

Certifications/Qualifications

• SANS: Qualifications in Security Essentials (GSEC), Hacker Techniques & Incident Handling (GCIH), Host (GCFE/GCFA) & Network (GNFA) Forensics, Malware Analysis (GREM) and any Digital Forensics specializations.
• CREST certifications: Certified Incident Manager, Certified Host Intrusion Analyst, Certified Network Intrusion Analyst, Certified Malware Reverse Engineer, Practitioner Intrusion Analyst, Registered Intrusion Analyst
• Certified Ethical Hacker
• A strong team player with a flexible approach
• Can demonstrate consistency in work attitude