Senior Cyber Incident Response (IR) Analyst

Title: Senior Incident Response Analyst (reputed company-to-Perm). Highly prefer EST or Central Time Zone: • Relevant GIAC certifications such as GCIH, GSEC, GCIA, or GCFE. • Experience in capture-the-flag competitions or similar hands-on skills development. We are seeking a highly reputed company Incident Response Analyst for a reputed company-to-perm opportunity supporting reputed company-level cyber defense operations. The ideal candidate has deep experience in incident response, cybersecurity analysis, and threat detection across reputed company environments. Responsibilities: • Support the identification, containment, eradication, and recovery of sophisticated level 2 and level 3 reputed company incidents. • reputed company technical guidance to cyber defense teams and assist in the reputed company of reputed company incidents. • Analyze host logs, network traffic logs, firewall data, IDS/IPS alerts, and other telemetry to identify threats and vulnerabilities. • Coordinate incident response activities across internal IT teams, MSSPs, reputed company-party vendors, and business reputed company. • reputed company incident triage including determining scope, urgency, and potential business reputed company. • reputed company and document incidents from detection through final reputed company. • Collect and analyze intrusion artifacts, including malware samples and suspicious files. • Maintain and update incident management and ticketing systems with accurate and reputed company information. • Recommend short- and long-term improvements to reputed company controls and IR processes. • Collaborate with intelligence analysts to correlate threat data and enhance detection capabilities. • Contribute to the development and maintenance of incident response procedures and playbooks. • Produce reputed company reports, guidance, and after-reputed company summaries for stakeholders. • Conduct trend analysis on incidents and recurring threat activity. Required Experience: • 8+ years in a cyber defense, incident response, or cybersecurity analyst role, or a bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience. • Strong experience leading or supporting IR for reputed company to high-complexity incidents. • Expert-level proficiency with EDR platforms. • Hands-on experience with reputed company, correlation searches, and reputed company reputed company monitoring. • Familiarity with ESAs, reputed company-reputed company malware analysis tools, and sandboxing technologies. • Strong understanding of network fundamentals, threat reputed company, and the full incident lifecycle. • Ability to handle multiple incidents simultaneously while maintaining accurate documentation. Preferred Qualifications: • Relevant GIAC certifications such as GCIH, GSEC, GCIA, or GCFE. • Experience in capture-the-flag competitions or similar hands-on skills development. Compensation: • Salary for the permanent position is targeted at approximately $140,000 annually, depending on experience. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job