Cyber Analyst, Digital Forensics Incident Response

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

At-Bay, a fast-growth InsurSec company, is expanding its Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team. The role focuses on incident investigation, evidence handling, and recovery for insureds, delivering clear incident reports to stakeholders.

You will conduct forensic analysis, develop timelines, identify root causes, and contribute to threat intelligence. Remote-friendly role in the United States with travel as needed, offering a competitive base salary and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, incident recovery, or another security discipline
• Willingness to travel as needed to perform job functions
• Significant undergraduate or graduate coursework in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or cybersecurity
• Previous background in law enforcement or government/military with experience leading complex technical investigations

Responsibilities

• Conduct DFIR investigations and incident response for insureds.
• Collect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence.
• Develop incident timelines and root causes.
• Prepare incident reports for stakeholders.
• Assist in incident recovery and data restoration.
• Deliver IR training and simulations to insureds.

Skills

Digital forensics

Incident response

Communication

Threat intel

IR leadership

SOC experience

Malware analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SIEM

Decryptor tools

Forensics tooling

Job description

Why you should join our At-Bay Security team:

At-Bay is a fast-growth InsurSec company (Insurance x Cybersecurity) on a mission to bring innovative products to the market that help protect small businesses from digital risks. As an InsurSec provider, we uniquely combine insurance with mission-critical security technologies, threat intelligence, and human expertise, to bridge the critical security capability gap that exists among SMBs in the community. We believe InsurSec is an $80B market opportunity and we are excited to expand our DFIR team in order to help expand our reach and influence in the business and security community, of which we serve 35,000 customers.

The Role:

• Cybersecurity Analysts focused on Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) deliver incident investigation and response services to At-Bay insureds via:

  • Forensically sound collection, transmission, and storage of digital evidence

  • Analysis of digital evidence to identify indicators of compromise and adversary activity

  • Development of incident timelines and theories of compromise

  • Identification of incident root causes

  • Participation in threat actor negotiations as necessary (e.g., ransom negotiations, etc.)

  • Participation in incident recovery (e.g., restoration of data from backups, reimaging workstations and servers, rebuilding network infrastructure, etc.) activities as necessary

  • Development and delivery of incident reports to document key incident details for engagement stakeholders including executive leaders for insureds, breach coach attorneys, and At-Bay claims management staff as necessary

  • Development and delivery of recommendations to mitigate the risk of future incidents for impacted insureds

  • Development and delivery of incident response training and simulations for targeted insureds

Key skills:

• Previous digital forensics and incident response experience

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Previous hands-on experience performing digital forensics and incident response, including several of the following:

  • Business Email Compromise

  • Ransomware

  • Digital evidence collection and analysis

  • Development and analysis of cyber threat intelligence

  • Leadership of or participation in investigations involving digital evidence

  • Intrusion detection / cyber threat hunting

  • Malware analysis

  • Incident recovery activities such as restoration of data from backups, operation of decryptor tools, etc.

• Previous hands-on experience working in information technology operations (e.g., Network Operations Center, Security Operations Center, Incident Response Team, etc.)

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, incident recovery, or another security discipline

• Willingness to travel as needed to perform job functions

Preferred requirements:

• Significant undergraduate or graduate coursework in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or cybersecurity

• Previous background in law enforcement or government/military with experience leading complex technical investigations

• Knowledge of cloud environments, including knowledge of cloud security products and services offered by major cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google)

• Experience in a top-10 cyber consulting firm or leading DFIR provider preferred

• One or more industry cybersecurity certifications (e.g., GCIH, Security+, CISSP, etc.)

Work location:

• USA, Nationwide

• Fully Remote

Our estimated base pay range for this role is $80,000-$115,000 per year. Base salary is determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to market data, location, internal equitability, domain knowledge, experiences and skills.