Senior Incident Response Lead — Rapid Response

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 77.000 - 128.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sophos is seeking a Senior Incident Response Consultant to lead incident response engagements for customers worldwide. You will spearhead investigations, coordinate a team, and deliver executive summaries with remediation guidance.

The role emphasizes strong communication and adherence to MITRE ATT&CK in a remote-first setting. The position requires 5+ years in incident response, experience with ransomware/BEC investigations, and the ability to mentor analysts.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience leading incident response investigations involving ransomware.
• Experience leading BEC investigations.
• Continuously learning and staying informed of the changing threat landscape.
• Proven track record of successful neutralization and remediation of ransomware threats.
• Excellent understanding of the Incident Response process.
• Excellent understanding of cyber risks and able to qualify them to customers.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Able to delegate and prioritize tasks across multiple incidents.
• Able to excel under stressful circumstances.
• Occasionally willing to begin work early and/or stay late when warranted for customer engagements.
• Strong grasp of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Enjoy mentoring and assisting in the development of junior analysts.
• A team-player attitude with a willingness to share knowledge.
• Ability to work some weekends and holidays.
• Post-secondary education in Cybersecurity, comparable

Aufgaben

• Lead kick off calls with customers to understand their situation and identify initial response actions to contain the threat.
• Lead daily update calls for customers to deliver forensic findings.
• Deliver concise email updates to customers between update calls.
• Direct the forensic investigations, identify priorities, and delegate tasks to analysts.
• Conduct multiple Rapid Response incidents concurrently.
• Determine TTPs identified by analysts and add them to the threat intel platform.
• Write clear and concise Executive Summary style reports in a timely manner.
• Responsible for basic to moderate complexity projects that contribute to the development of the Sophos Rapid Response service.
• Provide daily handover notes to teams located in different time zones, or when incident responsibility is being transferred to another Incident Lead.

Kenntnisse

Incident response leadership

Executive communication

Mentoring junior analysts

Time management

Team collaboration

Weekend/holiday readiness

MITRE ATT&CK familiarity

Ransomware/BEC investigations

Threat neutralization and remediation

Ausbildung

Post-secondary education in Cybersecurity

Tools

Splunk

ELK

SQL queries

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Jobbeschreibung

Sophos is seeking a Senior Incident Response Consultant to lead incident response engagements for customers worldwide. You will spearhead investigations, coordinate a team, and deliver executive summaries with remediation guidance.

The role emphasizes strong communication and adherence to MITRE ATT&CK in a remote-first setting. The position requires 5+ years in incident response, experience with ransomware/BEC investigations, and the ability to mentor analysts.