Incident Response Consultant (Remote, GBR)
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Job description
CrowdStrike is looking for highly motivated, self-driven, technical consultants dedicated to making a difference in global security by protecting organisations against the most advanced attackers in the world. Our CrowdStrike Services team offers opportunities to expand your skill set through a wide variety of engagements including front page incident response investigations, adversary-focused penetration testing (be the adversary, don't just run scans), and proactive and strategic assessment services for organisations you'll find on the annual Fortune 100 list., * Perform host and/or network-based forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
- Perform basic malware analysis.
- Assist in leading incident response engagements.
- Produce high-quality written and verbal reports, presentations, security-focused recommendations, and factual findings to customer management.
- Assess and develop actionable, and impactful mitigation and containment measures during active incident response investigations.
- Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.
Requirements
- Do you find yourself interested in and keeping up with the latest vulnerabilities and breaches?
- Are you self-motivated and looking for an opportunity to rapidly accelerate your skills?
- Do you crave new and innovative work that actually matters to your customer?
- Do you have an Incident Response or Information Security background that you're not fully utilising?
- Are you capable of leading teams and interacting with customers?
- Do you love working around like-minded, smart people who you can learn from and mentor on a daily basis?, Successful candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Incident Response: experience performing or managing incident response investigations for organisations, investigating targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organised Crime, and Hacktivists.
- Threat Hunting: experience developing analytics and hunting through large datasets for adversary activity, experience with Splunk or other big data platforms is preferred.
- Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.
- Network Forensic Analysis: knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools, and ability to perform analysis of associated network logs.
- Reverse Engineering: ability to perform basic static and dynamic malware analysis.
- Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customised tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organisations.
- Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: strong understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations.
- Programming/Scripting: experience coding in Go, PowerShell, Python, or Perl.
Additionally, all candidates must possess the following qualifications:
- Capable of completing technical tasks without supervision.
- Desire to grow and expand both technical and soft skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Contributing thought leader within the incident response industry.
- Ability to foster a positive work environment and attitude.
- Ability to travel on short notice, up to 20% of the time.
Education:
BA or BS / MA or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Policy, or a related field. Applicants without a degree but with relevant work experience and/or training will be considered.
Benefits & conditions
As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn't changed - we're here to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We're always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
