Computer Security Incident Response Team ( CSIRT ) Consultant

Description:
We believe technology should help you achieve more. And we help businesses do exactly that almost daily — co-creating innovative connected products, rapidly and securely deploying apps in the cloud, managing employee-owned devices on a global scale, and deflecting sophisticated hacker attacks. In support of our world leading position in Cyber Security, we have recently launched a new service, the Computer Security Incident Response Team ( CSIRT )

Our newly offered service will include a designated CSIRT Consultant full time or as a shared resource, who will work as a contact and communications point between our security services team and customers’ security and IT staff as well as users and other important partners. You will also be responsible for operating the incident management process in accordance with the procedures designed in cooperation with customers.

On a day to day basis, you will assist with, identify and respond to incidents as well as proactively propose improvements for how to reduce risk and potential future incidents.

Receiving and monitoring incident information from our managed security services and other sources.

Reviewing the collected incident data and confirming or rejecting incidents based on the analysis.

Classifying and prioritizing incidents based on established criteria.

Facilitating communication between stakeholders of the incident status.

Coordinating the containment effort based on the available information and established processes.

Performing vulnerability management using the Qualys tool.

Making containment decisions and facilitating decision making by other parties using established escalation processes.

Communicating with affected users and partners to organize the containment effort.

Verifying the effectiveness of containment actions taken.

Identifying the attack vector used by incident and taking actions to confirm that similar incidents are prevented in the future.

Validating the effectiveness of the eradication actions.

Coordinating forensics and law enforcement activities with officials as necessary.

Analyzing the incident response effort, with feedback from the customer and third parties.

Conducting proactive management of the Monitoring and Analytics solution.

You'll need to have:

Bachelor's degree or 3 or more years of work experience.

3 or more years of relevant work experience in Security

Knowledge of Network and Web Application vulnerability assessments.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

2 or more years of work experience in Security incident detection or Security incident management.

Demonstrated strong communication skills and the capability to engage with customers at both technical and executive levels.

Strong problem-solving and security analytics skills and the ability to identify gaps in processes and recommend improvements for mitigation.

Four or more years of experience in security operations, risk management, operational management, and/or consultant management.

CSIRT experience.

Experience structuring and operating an efficient Incident Response process.

Knowledge of common types of malware, their infection vectors, how to identify them using network and host based tools, and how to eradicate them and verify the success of eradication efforts.

Knowledge of current security threats and vulnerabilities and how to detect and mitigate them, and the ability to understand their possible consequences on the customer’s environment.

Understanding of modern technologies used to detect malware and vulnerabilities and protect assets.

SIEM (SPLUNK) and log analytics skills.

SANS or other Security certifications, such as GCIA, GCIH, GREM, GPEN, CEH.

CISSP certification and/or CISM certification.

ITIL Foundations training/certification.

Knowledge of ISO 27001 requirements.