Senior Network Forensics & IR Lead

Forensic Focus; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 92,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Senior Engineer for Network Forensics and Incident Response in Southlake, TX. You will lead forensic investigations across network, cloud and endpoint environments and produce detailed incident reports for major security events.

Responsibilities include collecting packet captures and memory dumps, building automation for evidence collection, authoring YARA rules, and collaborating with cross‑team security professionals in a large network‑security organization.

Qualifications

• Several years in digital forensics, network security or incident response.
• Proficient with major forensics/tools (e.g., Splunk, EnCase, FTK).
• Experience leading high‑impact investigations and cross‑team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead forensic investigations and incident response across network, cloud and endpoint environments.
• Collect and analyse packet captures, memory dumps and logs, and produce detailed incident reports.
• Author YARA rules and build automation for evidence collection and analysis.

Skills

Digital forensics

Network security

Incident response

Scripting

Threat hunting

Memory forensics

APT tactics

Tools

Splunk

ELK

EnCase

FTK

Volatility

X-Ways

SANS SIFT

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Senior Engineer for Network Forensics and Incident Response in Southlake, TX. You will lead forensic investigations across network, cloud and endpoint environments and produce detailed incident reports for major security events.

Responsibilities include collecting packet captures and memory dumps, building automation for evidence collection, authoring YARA rules, and collaborating with cross‑team security professionals in a large network‑security organization.