CSIRT Senior Cyber Security Incident Responder

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The Opportunity
As a leading Managed Security Services Provider and key business division of Atos, BDS Digital Security are experts in the provision of cyber security products and services to a vast array of clients spanning multiple industry sectors. In support of our growth, BDS Digital Security UK&I are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Incident Responder to support new and existing business.

The candidates must be eligible to obtain a security clearance to SC level.

Location:  
Home based

Role & Responsibilities:
•    Lead cyber security incident response engagements covering incident handling and coordination, in-depth technical analysis, and investigation through to recovery
•    Identify patterns and behaviours related to threat actors and propose improvements to detection and protection capabilities
•    Ability to communicate complex cyber-attacks to technical and non-technical audiences with recommended mitigating actions
•    Perform post incident lessons learned, root cause analysis and incident reporting
•    Conduct threat hunting across a large range of security solutions and products. SIEM, WAF, IPS/IDS, Network Anomaly, AV, EDR
•    Lead and support Digital Forensics investigations and produce technical findings reports
•    Act as an escalation point to the SOC from a technical and consultive perspective
•    Play a key role within Purple Team activities
•    Post incident consultation with pre-sales or customers regarding their wider technology and posture to aid towards readiness reviews and suggest the best fit solutions to secure the customer
•    Support and mentor team members, driving continual improvements in incident response and threat detection
•    Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Required skills and experience: 
•    Security incident response, coordination, communications, mitigation, and remediation
•    Experienced and hardworking Cyber Security Professional, specialising in Security Incident Response & Security Operations with a minimum of 3 years’ experience within a SOC or CSIRT Function
•    Identification of threats through to resolution/mitigation, providing clear and significant communication
•    Document security incidents both for reporting and case study perspective
•    Conduct malware analysis to determine capabilities and aid the response of an incident
•    Digital Forensics experience across open source and commercial tools with knowledge of industry standard process and methodology
•    Demonstrable ability to manage client interactions
•    Good interpersonal and communication skills
•    Ability to provide technical mentorship to both technical and non-technical audiences
•    Endpoint and network-based analysis. (EDR, WAF, IDS/IPS, NGFW, Network Anomaly etc.)
•    Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Security products
•    Intelligence lead threat hunting and methodology
•    Ability to hunt for known and unknown threats and disseminate intel into TECHINT/OPINT for IOC/TTP integration into SOC detection and protection capabilities
•    Support security content generation in rule/signature detection with an understanding of rule logic, KQL and vendor specific DevSecOps
•    Any sector specific knowledge will also be helpful, an MSSP customer base covers many different sectors
•    Disassembly (low level programming language)/ reverse engineering experience will be helpful

Desirable skills and experience:
•    Excellent technical security knowledge of network architecture, IT infrastructure, applications, and systems including an understanding of cloud services such as MS Azure and AWS
•    Industry recognised certification relating to Cyber Security Incident Response (desirable)
•    Offensive Security Certified Professional or equivalent (desirable)
•    GIAC certification in GCFE, GCFA, GCIH or GCIA (desirable)
•    SANS Defensive and DFIR certifications (desirable)
•    ISC2 CISSP (desirable)
•    Solid grasp of any of the following security frameworks; NIST, PCI DSS, ISO:27001 or The Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defence
•    Functional knowledge of Incident Response and Cyber Security Operations along with Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT@CK, NIST CSF, OSINT, TTPs, IOCs, APTs and how to best apply
•    Understanding of compliance requirements and how these relate to cyber security business practises and controls

Behaviours:
•    Ability to remain calm and collected throughout the management and hands-on activities of a security incident
•    Ability to manage time and work to deadlines with strong prioritisation skills
•    Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with multiple teams
•    Ability to understand technical engagements
•    Willingness to learn, question and continually develop

Our offering:

• 25 days of Annual leave + an option to purchase more through our Flexible Benefits
• Flex benefits system – exciting opportunity to choose your own benefits
• Retail discounts
• Pension - matching contribution up to 10%
• Private Medical Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Enrolment in our Share scheme - subject to scheme eligibility criteria
• Unlimited opportunities to learn in our Training platforms

If you want to find out more or have questions, contact our recruiter Diana Mihaylova | LinkedIn

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