Senior DFIR Lead - Cyber Incident Response & Forensics

Quantum Sky; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Professional development reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Quantum Sky is seeking a Tier 3 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Analyst to lead in-depth analysis and respond to incidents from cyber threats facing clients. You will be the escalation point for other analysts and serve as the primary contact with law enforcement, vendors, and external parties.

The role requires eight years of relevant experience, strong forensics tools proficiency (EnCase, Wireshark), and a solid background in SOC, IR, malware analysis, and scripting (Python).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.
• Minimum of eight years of experience and six (6) years of general experience and three (3) years of relevant functional experience performing digital forensics
• Demonstrated competency in forensic tools, such Encase and Wireshark
• Core Competencies in computer forensics, computer networking and operating systems.
• Experience with operational security, including security operations center (SOC), incident response, malware analysis, or IDS and IPS analyses
• Understanding of scripting languages such as Python and regular expressions
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux, and command lines

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to perform in-depth analysis and investigation of high-priority cybersecurity incidents
• Utilize security tools to analyze, investigate, and triage security alerts
• Coordinate the monitoring of client environments, including cloud and SaaS solutions for evidence of adversarial activity
• Identify root causes, scope and impact using advanced forensic or malware analysis tools
• Collaborate with cyber threat hunting and cyber threat intelligence teams
• Serve as primary incident point of contact with law enforcement, third-party vendors, and external parties
• Develop and tune detection rules or signatures to improve monitoring effectiveness
• Document triage findings and intake reports via IMS in SOC environments
• Learn new open and closed-source investigative techniques
• Perform research on emerging threats to aid prevention and mitigation
• Assist in initiatives to enhance SOC performance (SOPs, playbooks, deployments)
• Escalate SOC performance issues or risks to management
• Mentor Tier 1 and Tier 2 SOC Analysts

Skills

Digital forensics

EnCase

Wireshark

Python

Regular expressions

SOC/IR experience

Windows

Linux

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

EnCase

Wireshark

Job description

Quantum Sky is seeking a Tier 3 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Analyst to lead in-depth analysis and respond to incidents from cyber threats facing clients. You will be the escalation point for other analysts and serve as the primary contact with law enforcement, vendors, and external parties.

The role requires eight years of relevant experience, strong forensics tools proficiency (EnCase, Wireshark), and a solid background in SOC, IR, malware analysis, and scripting (Python).