Senior Incident Response Lead: Global Forensics

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; California; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Paid time off & holidays

Parental & adoption leave

Professional development

Employee networks & volunteer programs

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work Certified

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking highly motivated, self-driven cybersecurity consultants to lead incident response engagements and protect organizations against advanced attackers. You will develop new hunting methods, perform forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux, and produce detailed reports for executives, regulators, and legal teams.

The role emphasizes leadership in a matrixed consulting environment, strong communication skills, and the ability to travel up to 30% to support global customers.

Qualifications

• IR investigations experience for organizations.
• Background using forensic analysis tools in incident response.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols and logs.
• Ability to conduct and document intrusion investigations.
• Experience communicating findings to clients and stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response engagements.
• Develop and apply new methods to hunt across data.
• Work with outside counsel on intrusion investigations.
• Perform host/network forensics on Windows, Mac, Linux.
• Conduct basic malware analysis.
• Produce high-quality written/verbal reports and presentations.
• Share thought leadership via public speaking and blogs.

Skills

IR leadership

Incident response

Forensic analysis

Network forensics

Reverse engineering

Remediation planning

Cloud IR

Communications

AI-enabled decision making

Travel readiness

Education

BA/BS in CS or related field

Tools

Bro/Zeek

Suricata

Malware analysis tools

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking highly motivated, self-driven cybersecurity consultants to lead incident response engagements and protect organizations against advanced attackers. You will develop new hunting methods, perform forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux, and produce detailed reports for executives, regulators, and legal teams.

The role emphasizes leadership in a matrixed consulting environment, strong communication skills, and the ability to travel up to 30% to support global customers.