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.

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
• Balanced work/personal priorities

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
• Experience with SIEM technologies (i.e. Splunk)
• Deep understanding of both Windows and Unix/Linux based operating systems

Benefits

• Compensation range: $91,100 to $170,400
• Flexible vacation policy
• Pension and 401(k) plans
• Wide range of paid time off options

Pay

• Base salary range: $91,100 to $170,400

Schedule

• Hybrid model with most people in external, client serving roles working together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year

Additional Information

EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. For those living in California, please click here for additional information.

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