Cyber Security Incident Response Specialist

Marcus Donald are currently looking a Cyber Security Incident Response Specialist to join and support a Financial Markets team for a global Financial Services organization on a contract basis.

* 6 month contract *
** Inside IR35 **
** £600-£700 per day **

You will be responsible for cyber security investigations and incident handling and will perform security threat analysis of malware, phishing, email, and web application attacks. Working with various security/internal teams to contain, remediate and escalate security incidents. As well as this, you will be accountable to lead the Response efforts for security incidents.

Cyber Security Incident Response Specialist – Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate the investigation effort for cyber security incidents
• Conduct live response analysis, network analysis, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigation
• Manage intake of incidents and reports from internal customers, using the internal ticketing system
• Serve as Subject Matter Experts for cyber security incidents in meetings with internal and external teams
• Providing advice and guidance to L1 Analysts
• Providing assistance and support to L3 the Advanced Threat Detection Team

Cyber Security Incident Response Specialist – Skills:

• Strong Incident Response and/or Security Operations Centre experience
• Malware, Network, Web, and Forensic analysis skills
• Effective investigative skills - inquiry into problem statement/incident leads, analytical approach, hypothesis generation and testing, and creative problem-solving
• SIEM experience using, SPLUNK, ELK/Elastic or other transferrable tools
• Knowledge of Firewall, IDS/IPS, Antivirus, SIEM, Web Proxy & Web Application Firewall
• Experience with Unix/Linux and Windows System Administration
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills within a complex IT environment
• Knowledge of Cyber Security and Incident Response foundations, theory, terminology

Cyber Security Incident Response Specialist – Desired:

• Understanding of Cyber Kill Chain, APT TTP and Threat Intelligence
• Programming/scripting experience is an asset
• Bachelor's degree or College Diploma in Computer Science, Information Security or other related fields

This is an amazing opportunity for a certain individual, to both grow their knowledge and become a part of a fantastic organization… Feel free to apply directly through this Job Board, or drop me an email, my email is bcorbyn@marcusdonald.com. I am looking forward to seeing your application!