Incident Responder

Marcus Donald is working with a big financial firm and now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to become a part of their cyber team. This includes several strategic programs to deliver the amazing technology and business solutions to support their ambitious global growth plans. The vacancy is a permanent placement with the ideal candidate being an experienced and highly motivated subject specialist to continue their development and work on innovative security control technology.

Technical understandings – Incident Responder

• Deliver detailed, constructive, and formatted IR reports documenting the detection & response required for internal stakeholders, external authorities (ICO, NCSC, NCA) and auditors
• Experience with programming or scripting, including PowerShell, Bash, Python, and Perl
• Relevant incident response or information security certifications, such as SANS GCIA, SANS GCIH, SANS GCFA, SANS GNFA, Offensive Security OSCP
• Monitors, analyses, and investigates the SIEM solution and Endpoint Detection and Response events for Tier 1 (triage), Tier 2 (responder), and Tier 3 (hunting) support

Essential requirements – Incident Responder

• A good working knowledge of a variety of security technologies, including network and application firewalls, host-intrusion prevention, and anti-virus
• Practical knowledge of the Cyber Security threat landscape and current affairs
• Experience with enterprise security solutions, virus outbreak management, and the ability to differentiate virus activity from directed attack patterns
• Excellent communication at all levels
• Produce contingency plans for realistic scenarios

More about you

• Strong attention to detail
• Exceptional teamwork skills and ability to express and share ideas
• Good knowledge of the constant developments in the information security industry 
• Provide clear, organised findings and track progress effectively
• Willingness to accept responsibility for your own work

Why place through us?

We together at Marcus Donald pride ourselves on being more than just a recruitment agency as our professional relationship between our clients and candidates goes beyond the call of duty and your best interests are always a priority. We work diligently to find as perfect a match for everyone involved. Some benefits to this role, should you be successful, include 33 days annual leave (including BH), a generous pension package and 10% bonus of basic salary at the end of each working year.

Location – London
Salary - £40,000 - £55,000

If you feel like you could make a good fit for this role, please get into contact by applying or getting into contact with me directly at jryan@marcusdonald.com.