Incident Response Analyst

Check Point Software; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point is seeking a senior DFIR professional to lead end-to-end incident response and forensic investigations for enterprise clients in a global capacity. You will analyze Windows artifacts, network telemetry, and attacker TTPs to determine root cause and scope, while guiding containment and remediation efforts with customer teams.

Applicants should have 7+ years in cybersecurity with hands-on IR/DFIR experience, strong communication, and the ability to work across geographies, including

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cybersecurity.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on DFIR/Incident Response.
• Experience conducting forensic investigations to determine initial access, root cause, persistence, and impact.
• Experience analyzing Windows artifacts, endpoint telemetry, logs, and network evidence.
• Experience handling ransomware, identity compromise, malware infections, and intrusions.
• Ability to scope and drive investigations and provide remediation recommendations.
• Strong skills in producing customer-facing incident reports and communicating findings.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Incident Response and Digital Forensics investigations from scoping to containment and reporting.
• Perform forensic analysis of compromised systems to identify initial access, root cause, and attacker activity.
• Analyze telemetry to reconstruct attacker activity and identify indicators of compromise.
• Lead response efforts during complex, global security incidents.
• Develop containment, eradication, and remediation plans and reports.
• Produce detailed incident investigation reports with findings and actions.
• Communicate status to customer teams and senior stakeholders.
• Develop and improve incident response plans and playbooks.
• Design cyberattack scenarios and facilitate tabletop exercises.
• Build and maintain forensic/malware-analysis labs and collaborate with global teams.

Skills

DFIR

Incident Response

Forensics

Windows Forensics

Malware Analysis

Threat Hunting

Education

Tools

EnCase

Volatility

FTK

Job description

Why Join Us

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.

Why Join Us

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 4 years 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.