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.

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

• 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
• Demonstrate integrity and judgment within a professional environment
• Inquisitive approach to analysis and peer review
• Apply emotional intelligence and calm under pressure
• Balance work/personal priorities

Skills and Attributes

• Resolve 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
• Demonstrate integrity and judgment within a professional environment
• Inquisitive approach to analysis and peer review
• Apply emotional intelligence and calm under pressure
• Balance work/personal priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent 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
• Experience with SIEM technologies (i.e. Splunk)
• Deep understanding of both Windows and Unix/Linux based operating systems

Benefits

At EY, 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 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.

Pay

The compensation range for this role is $91,100 to $170,400 in all geographic locations in the US. The compensation range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $109,300 to $193,600.

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.

What We Look For

• Demonstrated integrity in a professional environment
• Ability to work independently
• Global mind-set for working with different cultures and backgrounds
• Knowledgeable in business industry standard security incident response process, procedures, and life-cycle
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Excellent teaming skills
• Excellent social, communication, and writing skills
• Excellent customer service skills