Senior Security Incident Response Engineer

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited

Senior Incident Response EngineerPermanentSalary: £100,000 – £130,000 per annum.Location: UK RemoteI’m on the lookout for a Senior Incident Response Engineer to work for a globally renowned legal organisation, with experience of Digital Forensics and Security Incident Response resolution.The successful candidate will provide technical expertise in serving the firm’s incident response, processes, and activities. The Incident response engineer will work to identify, analyse, and respond to potential threats to the firm.Your new role

• Provide security expertise in incident response to protect and mitigate the firm from information security threats.
• Assist with digital forensics expertise and have excellent knowledge of current and emerging threats.
• Think both like an attacker and a defender to work through IR incidents or events to the conclusion.

What I’m looking for

• Experience of CISSP, OSCP, CEH or SANS GCFE, GCFA, GNFA, GCTI, GREM, or GCIH
• Extensive experience in security incident response in an enterprise environment
• Strong experience in Windows systems forensics, diagnostics, and image acquisition strategies
• Audit, assess, and evaluate emerging vulnerabilities in the cyber threat landscape.
• Experience of CSIRT leadership throughout the incident lifecycle
• Good understanding of TCP/IP protocols and experience of Wireshark and packet analysis tools
• Excellent knowledge of Application security controls and penetration testing methodologies
• Confident in scripting, python or similar language
• Experience in Risk analysis and reporting to executive-level
• Experience in designing IR policies and implementation of IR procedures.
• Extensive experience of SIEM and log analytics
• SOAR knowledge for IR automation and remediation

What you’ll get in returnIn addition to a salary between £100,000 and £130,000 depending on relevant experience, you’ll also receive:

• 25 days holiday
• 11 statutory days
• 8% Pension contribution
• Private medical
• Life insurance
• 24 hours Doctor on call
• and more!

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