TELECOMMUTE Senior Cyber Defense & Offensive Security Specialist

Role : Senior Cyber Defense & Offensive Security Specialist (Incident Response & Threat), 1. Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)

• Manage and execute incident response engagements for rapid response retainers, including:
• Unauthorized access incidents
• Malware outbreaks and advanced threats
• Cyber extortion and ransomware attacks
• Perform:
• Digital evidence acquisition and forensic analysis
• Deleted data recovery and memory analysis
• Malware reverse engineering
• Operate under legal frameworks, ensuring alignment with Attorney Work Product and legal privilege requirements, * Conduct comprehensive penetration testing and adversary simulations, including:
• Internal and external network testing
• Web, cloud, mobile (iOS), and thick client assessments
• Wireless infrastructure testing
• Execute exploitation techniques such as:
• SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS)
• Privilege escalation and credential attacks
• Lead Social Engineering campaigns:
• Phishing, smishing, pre-texting
• Perform Physical Security Assessments:
• Facility access testing
• RFID cloning
• USB payload deployment, * Monitor and analyze intelligence across:
• Surface, deep, and dark web environments
• Identify risks such as:
• Stolen intellectual property
• Brand impersonation and typosquatting
• Credential leaks and compromise indicators
• Develop and operationalize:
• Automation workflows and GenAI-driven threat hunting tools
• IOC enrichment pipelines and intelligence correlation models, + Alert triage and incident containment
• Deploy and manage:
• Network Telemetry Analysis (NTA) sensors
• Full packet capture solutions
• Execute E-Discovery and forensic data processing, including:
• Predictive coding models
• Handling and hosting Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
• Using platforms such as Relativity and Nuix, * Develop and maintain:
• Incident Response Plans (IRPs)
• Decision matrices and escalation protocols
• Executive reporting frameworks
• Conduct:
• Ransomware simulations and breach exercises
• Executive tabletop scenarios
• Deliver Executive Identity Protection (EIP) services:
• Removal of sensitive personal data from public sources and data brokers

Threat Research Advisory team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile cybersecurity professional to lead and execute advanced Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR), Offensive Security Testing, and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) operations. This role requires deep technical expertise, hands-on execution capability, and the ability to operate in high-pressure incident environments while supporting proactive security initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of forensic investigation, penetration testing, threat intelligence analysis, and automation development, with exposure to legal discovery processes and executive-level cyber risk scenarios., Technical Expertise

• Proven experience in:
• Multi-vector penetration testing (Network, Web, Cloud, Mobile, Wireless, Physical)
• DFIR and compromise assessments
• Malware analysis and reverse engineering
• Strong proficiency with tools such as:
• Wireshark, Nmap, Recorded Future (or equivalent CTI platforms)
• Experience in:
• OSINT collection and analysis
• Network telemetry analysis __________________

Automation & Development

• Strong scripting and development skills in:
• Python
• Linux-based environments
• Experience building:
• Security automation tools
• Agentic workflows and bot-driven intelligence pipelines, + Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
• Legal discovery workflows
• Familiarity with:
• Relativity, Nuix, or similar platforms, * Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
• Additional DFIR or CTI certifications are a plus, * Ability to operate in high-pressure incident scenarios
• Strong analytical and investigative mindset
• Excellent stakeholder communication, including interaction with legal counsel and executives
• Ability to bridge offensive, defensive, and intelligence domains
• Strong documentation and reporting skills