Senior Consultant, DFIR, Reactive Services – Weekend Shift
Palo Alto Networks
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New York, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $128,000 - $176,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Cyber SecurityLinuxOpen SourceSplunk
About the role
- Help lead and produce deliverables based on reactive services client engagements
- Work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders to lead incident response incidents
- Guide clients through the engagement from start to finish
- Perform reactive incident response functions including investigating Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
- Examine log sources to identify evidence of malicious activity
- Investigate data breaches leveraging forensics tools to determine source of compromises
- Lead incident response engagements to guide clients through forensic investigations
- Provide guidance on longer term remediation recommendations
- Mentor Incident Response Consultants in best practices
Requirements
- 4+ years of incident response or digital forensics experience with a passion for cyber security
- Proficient with host-based forensics and data breach response
- Experienced with EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Volatility, WireShark, TCPDump, and open source forensic tools
- Identified ability to grow into a valuable contributor to the practice and, specifically have an external presence via public speaking, conferences, and/or publications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security or related field or equivalent military experience required
Benefits
- Bonuses
- Restricted stock units
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
incident responsedigital forensicshost-based forensicsdata breach responseinvestigating Windows systemsinvestigating Linux systemsinvestigating Mac OS X systemsIndicators of Compromise (IOCs)forensic investigationsremediation recommendations
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationstakeholder engagementpublic speaking