Cyber Defense Incident Responder

About the role

The Cyber & Investigative Services (CIS) Junior Incident Coordinator will exercise strong incident management techniques to coordinate security incident response to cybersecurity events or incidents stemming from suspected threats. Candidates for the role must have a strong comprehension of incident response plans and coordination of activities, work well with others, and have strong verbal and written communication skills. Foundational skills in incident response, incident management, chain of custody, forensics, event analysis, and hands-on cybersecurity skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate response efforts to cyber incidents caused by external threats that may involve nontraditional working hours
• Serve as a liaison to different businesses and interface with fellow team members and colleagues on other security teams
• As-needed, manage relationships with business partners, management, vendors, and external parties
• Help lead small to medium-sized projects as directed by leadership
• Be a champion for process and documentation. Develop and document processes to ensure consistent and scalable response operations, and ensure continuous improvement to the company’s incident response plan
• Create ready-to-go draft communications and ensure timely reports/updates to leadership during and after an event
• Own and manage the teams internal action playbooks and knowledgebase
• Must be willing to be on-call off hours in rotation with other team members (Required)

Requirements

Your key responsibilities include coordinating response efforts to cyber incidents caused by external threats, serving as a liaison to different businesses, managing relationships with business partners, and leading small to medium-sized projects as directed by leadership. You must also be willing to be on-call off hours in rotation with other team members.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience: 5+ years’ experience in at least two of the following roles: Member of a Security Operations Center (SOC), Security Incident Response Analyst or supporting function (2 years minimum), eDiscovery or related role performing forensic functions, Deep understanding of security threats, vulnerabilities, and incident response, Understanding of electronic investigation, forensic tools, and methodologies, including: log correlation and analysis, forensically handling electronic data, knowledge of the computer security investigative processes, malware identification and analysis, Be familiar with a basic understanding of legalities surrounding electronic discovery and analysis, Understanding of regulatory stipulations regarding security incidents, Experience with SIEM technologies (i.e. Splunk), Deep understanding of both Windows and Unix/Linux based operating systems

Skills and Attributes

• Resolution of security incidents by validating root cause and solutions
• Analyze findings in investigative matters, and develop fact-based reports
• Identify and articulate opportunities for improvement while helping drive lessons learned activities
• Demonstrated integrity and judgment within a professional environment
• Inquisitive approach to analysis and peer review
• Application of emotional intelligence and calm under pressure
• To appropriately balance work/personal priorities

Pay

The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $91,100 to $170,400. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $109,300 to $193,600. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.

Schedule

Our expectation is for most people in external, client-serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The benefits package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

Equal Opportunity Employer

EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to apply regardless of past medical history. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact the Talent Shared Services Team at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.