Senior Associate, Information Security - Forensics

Publicis Re:Sources; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Re:Sources is seeking a Senior Associate, Information Security - Forensics in New York, NY. This role is responsible for leading incident response to cyber security issues affecting businesses, clients, and vendors. The ideal candidate will have experience with forensics tools and EDR solutions, and must be able to communicate effectively with senior executives. The position offers a salary range of $100-120K annually.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as forensics analyst, threat analyst, incident response, SOC analyst, or security engineer/ consultant.
• Experience with incident response programs focusing on efficiency through AI development.
• Strong communication skills leading Incident Response calls and producing detailed incident reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigation and response of cyber security incidents.
• Analyze compromised systems utilizing forensics tools.
• Coordinate evidence gathering and document security incident reports.
• Manage and present reports effectively to management.

Skills

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

FTK

EnCase

Autopsy

Azure

AWS

GCP

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Overview

The Senior Associate, Information Security - Forensics is part of a global team and is responsible for incident response of cyber security incidents that are associated with our businesses, clients, and vendors; is technically skilled and ensures incident containment, remediation, and closure. This individual will be expected to work closely with the legal, data privacy, business, and client teams. They should be comfortable with interacting with senior executives, including C-level staff.

Responsibilities

• Incident Commander to lead investigation and response of cyber security incidents.
• Analyze compromised/potentially compromised systems utilizing forensics tools.
• Coordinate evidence/data gathering and document security incident reports.
• Manage, review, and present written and oral reports in a pertinent, concise, and accurate manner for distribution to management.
• Maintain current knowledge of tools and best practices in advanced persistent threats, tools, techniques, procedures of attackers, forensics, and incident response.
• Perform complex forensic investigations into system breaches, data leaks, and system weaknesses.
• Provide technical expertise to staff on security incident monitoring, triage, response, threat and vulnerability management, and security analysis.
• Provide strategic direction on types of Incident Management activities that will drive efficiencies across company, including automation with AI tools.

Qualifications

• EDR Experience- CrowdStrike and/or SentinelOne with experience investigating and analyzing malware and other malicious activity.
• Experience with forensics tools such as FTK, EnCase, Autopsy to collect and analyze file system artifacts, process history, application artifacts, memory collection and analysis for physical and cloud systems (Windows, Mac, Linux).
• 4 or more years of experience in an analytical role of either forensics analyst (Linux, Windows, or MacOS), threat analyst, incident response, SOC analyst, or security engineer/ consultant.
• Experience with cloud environments such as: Azure, AWS, GCP – knowing how to collect and analyze logs from Guard Duty/ Defender and CloudTrail, etc.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK or related frameworks.
• Experience developing and managing incident response programs with focus on efficiency through AI development.
• Strong communication skills with confidence leading Incident Response calls with different stakeholders; followed by producing detailed incident reports.
• Proficient in social engineering, phishing, and related fraud schemes.
• Strong general knowledge of security concepts and expertise in network and web application security issues.
• Experience with a scripting language such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or other scripting language in an incident handling environment.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position including H1b or OPT EAD*.

Salary Range

$100-120K/yr