Senior Incident Response Analyst, MDR (Romania)

Senior Incident Response Analyst, MDR (Romania)

Romania

Role Summary

Sophos is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Incident Response Analyst to support its’ Managed Detection and Response (MDR) customers and managed service providers (MSPs). As a Senior Incident Response Analyst, you will work directly with customers and MSPs who are experiencing an active cyber incident, to quickly investigate, contain and assist with their remediation efforts. Utilizing Sophos technologies, you will work with both large and small organizations across multiple countries and levels of technical maturity.  This is a
- paced role that requires the ability to make quick
- based decisions to disrupt adversary activity.

What You Will Do

Utilize Sophos technologies to investigate, contain, and respond to cyber incidents

Review
- related events and assess their risk and validity based on available telemetry from network, endpoint, and global threat intelligence information to provide customers with concise, detailed, and
- written incident reports, root causes identification, and remediation recommendations

Perform technical analysis and develop technical conclusions based on analysis of evidence

Serve as subject matter expert in incident response and digital forensics

Perform complex incident response technical analysis and develop technical conclusions based on analysis of evidence; review analysis and conclusions of other consultants

Document findings and develop incident response remediation recommendations to present both orally and in written reports for customers

Develop playbooks based on customer needs

Use the Taegis platform to proactively hunt for and investigate activity within the customer environment

What You Will Bring

Essential: 

3+ years experience conducting cyber security investigations in a methodical manner and investigating threats or 2+ years experience performing incident response engagements

Understanding of network architecture and IT infrastructure

Experience creating technical documentation and technical reports for customers

Ability to work under
- pressure situations, when response time matters, to disrupt adversary activity

Network and endpoint (mac
OS, Linux, Windows) investigation experience; IDS, IPS, EDR, and basic malware analysis 

Understanding of at least one of the following: OSQuery, SQL, and KQL

Experience applying frameworks such as MITRE Attack and Cyber Kill Chain

Ability to work some weekends and holidays

Knowledge of Windows and Linux command and script interpreters

Desired:

Advanced cyber security certifications (GCFE/GCFA, Comp
TIA Cy
SA+, OSCP, etc. )

Experience calling customers and providing excellent customer service

Publications, either written or acknowledged, within the cyber security field

Working directly with C-level stakeholders

Publications, either written or acknowledged, within the field

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- Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge - Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing