Incident Response Consultant, Sophos
$120-200k
+ Bonus eligibility
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
Be an early applicant
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$120-200k
+ Bonus eligibility
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop powerful and intuitive products and services that provide the world's most effective cybersecurity for organizations of any size.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in Incident Response or a related role
- Excellent understanding of Windows logs and forensic artifacts
- Strong understanding of hypervisors and virtualization
- Experience in conducting full disk and triage image acquisition
- Working knowledge of mapping adversary behavior to the MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Demonstrated experience working with common open-source forensic utilities
- Passion for cyber security, incident response, and digital forensics
- A desire for continuous learning
- Strong written communication skills
- A team-player attitude with a willingness to share knowledge
- Ability to work some weekends and holidays
- Experience leading BEC investigations
- Post-secondary education in Cybersecurity, or comparable
- Cybersecurity certifications is a plus (e.g. CompTIA CySA+, GCFE, GCIH, or similar)
- Experience with SIEM technology is a plus (e.g. Splunk, ELK, etc.)
- Willingness to work occasional overtime during peak times or holidays
- Experience writing SQL queries is a plus
- Experience writing PowerShell, Python, or Bash scripts is a plus
What the job involves
- Sophos is seeking an experienced and motivated Incident Response Consultant 3 to join our Incident Response (IR) service.
- The Sophos IR team is an elite group of incident responders that are engaged by organizations worldwide to respond to and neutralize cyber threats.
- Specializing in industry-standard forensic tools and Sophos technologies, the team provides comprehensive investigations, response actions, remediation guidance, and root cause analysis to combat a wide range of cybersecurity incidents
- As an Incident Response Consultant 3 on the Sophos IR team, you will collaborate with a dedicated group of experts to neutralize critical security incidents for customers of varying sizes and industries
- In this role, you will be responsible for investigating at-scale across the customer networks and conducting forensic analysis using industry standard tools to identify indicators of compromise and tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors
- Reporting to the Team Lead, Incident Response, you will, lead assigned incident response engagements, delegate tasks to other assigned consultants, and will be responsible for documenting and communicating findings to our customers
- Perform in-depth forensic analysis of systems
- Acquire full disk and triage images of Windows, Mac, and Linux systems for investigation
- Investigate customer networks for suspicious and malicious activity
- Leverage tools such as XDR to perform large-scale threat hunts
- Identify systems of interest related to ongoing investigations
- Maintain detailed and accurate documentation, including meeting notes and investigative findings
- Document IOCs and contribute to the development of threat intelligence
- Collect sample files from customer devices as part of incident investigations
- Conduct searches through OSINT sources
- Log work hours accurately for each customer engagement
- Complete assigned training and development programs as directed by the Team Lead
Our take
Due to the fast-evolving nature of cybercrime, companies can struggle to keep their security up-to-date and resilient. Sophos provides managed cybersecurity services to identify and resolve cyberthreats within all sizes of organisations, combining cutting edge cybersecurity tech with expert support teams.
Leveraging AI and machine learning, Sophos' system automates the detection and blocking of over 99% of threats, meaning its analysts only have to hunt down and stop the most sophisticated attackers. As well as its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) product - which, serving over 15,000 customers, is the most-used on the market - the company also delivers Incident Response Services for those experiencing an active threat.
Sophos is not a new player in the cybersecurity space, but has demonstrated its dedication to innovation with continued product launches, updates, and acquisitions such as that of BAE spinout SOC.OS that have kept its tech at the front of the market. Alongside many of its peers, the effects of the economic climate have caused Sophos to cut staff as it focusses on achieving “the optimal balance of growth and profitability", but this recent hiccup does not take away from its position as a market leader continuously leading adaption in the space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.7m
SEED
Total funding: $2.7m
Company benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
Company HQ
Abingdon, UK
Leadership
Kris Hagerman
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of Corel Corporation, who previously served as Group President of Data Center Management at Symantec. Was also Executive VP and GM of Storage and Server Management at Veritas Software, as well as CEO and Founder of both Bigbook and Affinia.
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