Incident Response Analyst

Check-Point-Software-Technologies-2; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point is seeking a senior cybersecurity professional to manage daily incident response for customers, conduct forensic analysis of compromised systems, and guide remediation efforts. You will lead complex, global incidents, perform large-scale compromise assessments, and develop robust incident response plans and playbooks.

You will communicate findings clearly to customers and coordinate responses within a team.

Qualifications

• Senior level cybersecurity experience, not entry level.
• Experience with T3 incident response and system compromise analysis.
• Experience conducting security reviews and vulnerability risk assessments.
• Experience with enterprise security solutions and incident crisis management.
• Experience with attack simulations and training security teams.

Responsibilities

• Daily incident management of customer incidents.
• Incident response and forensic analysis of compromised systems; identify remediation.
• Formulate and direct incident response, prioritize efforts, and report vectors and artifacts.
• Manage complicated global incidents and large-scale compromise assessments.
• Create incident response plans and playbooks; communicate findings to customers.
• Develop sandbox/test lab environments to evaluate malware; coordinate team actions.

Skills

Incident response

Forensic analysis

Vulnerability risk assessments

Security crisis management

Attack simulation

Security procedures

On-call rotation

Travel readiness

US work eligibility

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

• Responsible for daily incident management of customer incidents
• Perform incident response and forensic analysis of compromised systems, identify and provide recommendations for remediation
• Formulate and direct incident response efforts, prioritize those response efforts, and create legible incident reports that describe the compromise vector, attacker methodologies and artifacts
• Ability to manage complicated global incidents
• Ability to perform large-scale compromise assessments for customer environments
• Build incident response plans and playbooks
• Creation of detailed incident reports for customers and effective communication of findings to customers
• Build and maintain sandbox/test lab environments to evaluate malicious code
• Work within a team environment and will be responsible for coordinating work actions

Qualifications

• This is not an entry level SOC role.
• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience out of which 2-5 years are experience performing T3 incident response with an emphasis on system compromise analysis.
• Experience of performing security reviews/vulnerability risk assessments of network environments using both manual procedures and automated analysis tools.
• Experience with enterprise security solutions, incident crisis management.
• Experience with performing attack simulation for training security teams.
• Experience with creating procedures and documented plans for security teams.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation, including at least one weekend a month.
• Domestic and International travel may be required.
• Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship from an employer now or in the future.

EOE M/F/Veterans/Disabled