Incident Response Analyst

Check Point Software; Manila; On-site; PHP 2,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point Software in Makati City, Philippines, seeks a senior Incident Response and DFIR specialist to lead end-to-end investigations across global incidents and to develop robust incident response playbooks.

The role involves analyzing Windows artifacts, telemetry, and network evidence, coordinating across teams, and communicating findings to senior stakeholders. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on DFIR/Incident Response investigating confirmed compromises.
• Experience conducting forensic investigations to determine initial access, root cause, attacker activity, persistence, lateral movement, scope and impact.
• Hands-on experience analyzing Windows forensic artifacts, endpoint telemetry, event logs, authentication activity, and network evidence.
• Experience responding to complex incidents such as ransomware, identity compromise, malware infections, and enterprise intrusions.
• Ability to independently scope and drive an investigation and develop defensible remediation.
• Strong experience producing customer-facing incident reports and presenting technical findings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform end-to-end Incident Response and Digital Forensics investigations, from initial scoping through containment, forensic investigation, remediation, and final reporting.
• Perform forensic analysis of compromised Windows and other enterprise systems to determine initial access, root cause, attacker activity, persistence, lateral movement, scope, and impact.
• Analyze endpoint, operating system, authentication, network, and security telemetry to reconstruct attacker activity and identify indicators of compromise.
• Lead response efforts during complex, large-scale, and global security incidents.
• Develop and implement containment, eradication, recovery, and remediation recommendations.
• Produce detailed incident investigation reports documenting attack vectors, attacker TTPs, findings, impact, and recommended actions.
• Clearly communicate technical findings and incident status to customer technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Develop and improve incident response plans, procedures, and playbooks.
• Design realistic cyberattack scenarios and facilitate tabletop exercises.
• Build and maintain forensic and malware-analysis lab environments.
• Collaborate with global incident responders, forensic investigators, security researchers, and customer teams.

Skills

Incident response

DFIR investigations

Windows forensics

Telemetry analysis

On-call readiness

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Company Description

At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.

Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.

This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You’ll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.

We’re proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.

What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.

If you’re excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.

Job Description

• Lead and perform end-to-end Incident Response and Digital Forensics investigations, from initial scoping through containment, forensic investigation, remediation, and final reporting.


• Perform forensic analysis of compromised Windows and other enterprise systems to determine initial access, root cause, attacker activity, persistence, lateral movement, scope, and impact.


• Analyze endpoint, operating system, authentication, network, and security telemetry to reconstruct attacker activity and identify indicators of compromise.


• Lead response efforts during complex, large-scale, and global security incidents.


• Perform enterprise-wide compromise assessments to identify affected systems and evidence of malicious activity.


• Develop clear containment, eradication, recovery, and remediation recommendations.


• Produce detailed, high-quality incident investigation reports documenting attack vectors, attacker TTPs, findings, impact, and recommended actions.


• Clearly communicate technical findings and incident status to customer technical teams and senior stakeholders.


• Develop and improve incident response plans, procedures, and playbooks.


• Design realistic cyberattack scenarios and facilitate tabletop exercises.


• Build and maintain forensic and malware-analysis lab environments.


• Collaborate with global incident responders, forensic investigators, security researchers, and customer teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cybersecurity experience.


• Minimum 4years of hands-on DFIR/Incident Response experience investigating confirmed system or enterprise compromises.


• Demonstrated experience conducting forensic investigations to determine:
  
  
  
  • Initial access and root cause
  
  
  • Persistence mechanisms
  
  
  • Credential compromise
  
  
  • Privilege escalation
  
  
  • Lateral movement
  
  
  • Attacker TTPs
  
  
  • Scope and impact of compromise
  
  
  
  


• Hands-on experience analyzing Windows forensic artifacts, endpoint telemetry, event logs, authentication activity, and network evidence.


• Experience responding to complex incidents such as ransomware, identity compromise, malware infections, and enterprise intrusions.


• Ability to independently scope and drive an investigation and develop defensible remediation recommendations.


• Strong experience producing customer-facing incident reports and presenting technical findings clearly.


• Experience developing incident response plans and playbooks.


• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.


• Ability to work effectively during high‑severity incidents requiring coordination across multiple teams and geographies.


• Ability to participate in an on‑call rotation, including at least one weekend per month.


• Domestic and international travel may be required.

Referral Category: Standard Position

CP Department: Check Point Services

Office Location: Makati City Philippi, Philippines

Career site Category: Services/Support