Lead, Incident Response & Forensics (DOE Top Secret Onsite)

ShorePoint, LLC; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ShorePoint, LLC seeks an Incident Response (IR) and Forensics Lead to manage day-to-day IR/forensics operations and perform hands-on investigations. You will coordinate IR activities, brief customers and federal leadership, and analyze intrusion artifacts to support mitigation across the enterprise.

The role requires 7+ years of experience and current DOE Q or equivalent DoD Top Secret clearance. Onsite work in Germantown, MD is expected.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of IR and digital forensics principles and practices.
• Understanding of cybersecurity operations, including cloud security, endpoint security, access management and secure networking.
• Proven ability to analyze complex requirements and translate them into clear, actionable tasks and processes through critical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the IR and forensics team.
• Conduct briefings, coordinate directly with customers and develop IRs for senior federal leadership.
• Collect and analyze intrusion artifacts to support mitigation of cyber incidents.
• Coordinate and provide expert technical support to enterprise-wide cyber defense technicians.
• Coordinate IR functions across the organization.
• Monitor external data sources to support IR activities.

Skills

IR principles

Digital forensics

Cybersecurity operations

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Associate’s degree plus 2+ years of experience

Job description

ShorePoint, LLC seeks an Incident Response (IR) and Forensics Lead to manage day-to-day IR/forensics operations and perform hands-on investigations. You will coordinate IR activities, brief customers and federal leadership, and analyze intrusion artifacts to support mitigation across the enterprise.

The role requires 7+ years of experience and current DOE Q or equivalent DoD Top Secret clearance. Onsite work in Germantown, MD is expected.