Junior Incident Response Consultant

Pondurance; McLean (VA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm, Pondurance, is seeking a Junior Incident Response Consultant to join their team. This remote role focuses on supporting the Incident Response program through forensic investigations and cyber threat detection. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity and be ready to assist in stopping cyber threats efficiently.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) Plan

Competitive compensation packages

Inclusive culture of teamwork

Paid time off, sick leave, and parental leave

Qualifications

• Support forensic investigations and assist stopping compromises.
• Identify indicators of malicious activities and communicate findings.
• Collaborate with Principal and Senior consultants.

Responsibilities

• Support the Incident Response lifecycle from containment through reporting.
• Perform forensic analysis and convey findings to the team.
• Provide after-hours support as needed.

Skills

Forensic analysis

Communication

Cyber threat detection

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

MS Office

Microsoft365

Command Line Interfaces

Bash

Python

C++

Java

Job description

Junior Incident Response Consultant

REMOTE (McLean, VA or Indianapolis, IN candidates preferred)

About the Role:

Do you want to influence real change? Do you want to be part of the solution? Then join Pondurance in ensuring every organization is ableto detect and respond to cyber threats – regardless of size, industry or current in-housecapabilities.

As a Junior Incident Response Consultant, you will support forensic investigations alongside Principal, Senior, and standard Consultants within the Incident Response program. Your goal will be to assist stopping compromises through containment, eradication and data access forensic efforts. You will leverage our tech stack and support our clients during incident response.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Incident Response lifecycle from containment through reporting needs at the guidance of Principal and Senior consultants
• Perform forensic analysis of relevant datasets and convey findings to internal Pondurance team
• Identify indicators of malicious or unauthorized activities within forensic evidence
• Communicate forensic findings in an organized format to internal team
• Convey potential gaps in evidence to internal team
• Provide after-hours support, as needed per investigation

Technologies:

• MS Office
• Microsoft365
• Live Chatrooms for Team Communication such as Slack
• Command Line Interfaces (e.g. PowerShell, iTerm2, Terminals)
• Simple Scripting – e.g. Bash, Python, C++, Java
• Windows Operating Systems

Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience in related field
• Lifecycle of a Business Email Compromise
• Phishing Attacks
• Ability to Leverage Various Tools to Timeline Compromise

Who we are:

At Pondurance we embrace, educate, and protect people by helping make our world a better and safer place. We believe in inviting good people into our company who are driven to become great!

Every person at Pondurance is encouraged to focus and grow in their individual areas of interest, passion, and career path. We have accessible leaders as Mentors who believe “None of us are as smart as all of us” (R. Pelletier).

We believe everyone has the freedom to be themselves, especially at work and so we embrace, support, and celebrate each other. Each one of us influences our company’s direction through speaking up, you have a voiceand we want you to use it.

Do you want to be a part of something different? Do you want to influence real change? Do you want to be part of the solution? Then join us in redefining the security and cyber risk landscape.

What We Offer:

The opportunity to apply your expertise, take on new challenges, and help customers address their biggest security objectives.

An inclusive culture of teamwork that embraces the diversity of our people and communities in which we work.

Some of the corporate benefits (there are more) for full-time employees include:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, FSA, HSA, life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) Plan.
• Time off: PTO, sick, holiday, & parental leave details are available
• Money: We provide competitive compensation packages based on the market and your overall credentials.

Although this is a remote role, if you live close by, you’ll have access to our office locations: McLean, VA or Indianapolis, IN.

To promote a healthy and safe work community we require background and drug screenings as part of our hiring process. Details of our process will be provided upon request.

We are an equal opportunity employer focused on celebrating diversity and inclusion. We believe that each individual should be treated equally without regard to race, color, identity, national origin, protected veteran status, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.