Senior DFIR Consultant — Remote Incident Response Lead

GuidePoint Security, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Flexible Time Off

Phone allowance

Retirement plan

Pet benefit

Job summary

GuidePoint Security in the United States seeks a Senior DFIR Consultant to lead end-to-end investigations across reactive and proactive engagements, delivering rigorous analysis and client-ready findings.

You will apply host forensics, network analysis, malware triage, and log review, while mentoring peers and enhancing DFIR tooling and processes with AI-enabled approaches. Travel up to 20% may apply.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience, including 4+ years of hands-on incident response investigations.
• Six+ combined years of IT and information security experience.
• Proficiency across core DFIR disciplines: host forensics, network analysis, malware triage, log review, and BEC analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and managerial audiences.
• Embraces AI tools to enhance investigations and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform DFIR investigations as a core technical resource.
• Deliver comprehensive, tailored engagement deliverables detailing findings and remediation.
• Drive effective engagement communication, time management, and client coordination.
• Collaborate across engagements and contribute to tooling, automation, and process improvements.

Skills

DFIR investigations

Incident response

Host forensics

Network traffic analysis

Malware handling/triage

Log review

BEC analysis

Strong communication

AI tools

Education

GCFA

GCFE

GCIH

GCIA

GDAT

GREM

CISSP

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Go

EDR

NDR

XDR

SIEM

Firewall

NGAV

Velociraptor

Job description

GuidePoint Security in the United States seeks a Senior DFIR Consultant to lead end-to-end investigations across reactive and proactive engagements, delivering rigorous analysis and client-ready findings.

You will apply host forensics, network analysis, malware triage, and log review, while mentoring peers and enhancing DFIR tooling and processes with AI-enabled approaches. Travel up to 20% may apply.