Global Incident Response Lead

Prudential Financial; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 124,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life保险

401(k) plan with company match

Paid Time Off and parental/military le

Job summary

Prudential Financial, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Digital Forensics & Incident Response Lead to conduct forensic analysis, respond to security incidents, and support threat hunting in a dynamic global environment.

The role focuses on enterprise investigations across on‑prem and cloud platforms (AD/Entra, M365, Azure, AWS), leveraging SPL/KQL, EDR tooling, and scripting to advance the team's capabilities and incident readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Digital Forensics, Information Security, CS, IT, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of incident response experience in large corporate environments.
• Experience with enterprise forensic tools and standard certifications.

Responsibilities

• Scope and perform global investigations across on-prem and cloud tech (AD/Entra, M365, Azure, AWS).
• Use SPL and KQL to support investigative workflows.
• Use EDR tools for enterprise-wide investigations and analysis.
• Perform log, host, memory, and network forensics for active cases.
• Triage malicious code to support incident response.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and develop automation/workflows for XSOAR.

Skills

Incident response

Digital forensics

Threat hunting

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Digital Forensics/Info Security/CS/IT

Tools

X-Ways

EnCase

EDR tooling

Splunk SPL

Kusto (KQL)

Job description

Prudential Financial, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Digital Forensics & Incident Response Lead to conduct forensic analysis, respond to security incidents, and support threat hunting in a dynamic global environment.

The role focuses on enterprise investigations across on‑prem and cloud platforms (AD/Entra, M365, Azure, AWS), leveraging SPL/KQL, EDR tooling, and scripting to advance the team's capabilities and incident readiness.