Senior Digital Forensics & Incident Response Lead

Jobtailor; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CYPFER is seeking an experienced Senior Digital Forensics/Incident Response Specialist in Plano, TX to join our on-site team. The role involves leading forensic collections, triage, and timeline-building across diverse environments.

You will interact with clients, legal counsel, and internal experts to assess compromises and drive remediation efforts. Candidates should have 8+ years of experience in digital forensics or IR, deep knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux, and familiarity with EDR/EPP

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in digital forensics, incident response, or a similar role.
• Knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Understanding of the functionality of EDR / EPP technologies.
• Familiarity with forensic acquisition and analysis of physical and virtual systems.
• Working knowledge of storage technologies such as RAID, NAS, SAN, Fiber Channel, iSCSI, and NFS.
• Ability to analyze and interpret logs from various sources.
• Ability to perform threat research and analyze current threats.
• Understanding of business email compromise (BEC) cases and investigation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Engage on behalf of CYPFER in incident response tasks, interacting with various insurance partners, legal counsel, incident response units, client executives, and technical teams.
• Utilize standard tools and methodologies to collect forensic artifacts and images from affected systems.
• Assist with Windows forensics and triage to assess compromise and investigations.
• Apply mitigation strategies and concepts to remediate identified threats.
• Analyze triage collections/artifacts for indicators of compromise (IOCs) and potentially malicious activity.
• Review logs from host systems and appliances to identify suspicious activities.
• Collect forensic disk and memory images from physical and virtual endpoints and servers.
• Correlate events and build timelines of events.

Skills

Digital forensics

Incident response

Windows

Unix/Linux

Threat research

Tools

EDR/EPP technologies

Job description

CYPFER is seeking an experienced Senior Digital Forensics/Incident Response Specialist in Plano, TX to join our on-site team. The role involves leading forensic collections, triage, and timeline-building across diverse environments.

You will interact with clients, legal counsel, and internal experts to assess compromises and drive remediation efforts. Candidates should have 8+ years of experience in digital forensics or IR, deep knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux, and familiarity with EDR/EPP