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Incident Handler
Location
Virginia
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Incident Handler
Rapid7
• Conduct investigations into a variety of malicious activity on workstations, servers, and in the cloud. • Investigate all levels of incidents, including Incident Response engagements. • Own complex investigations that may need various levels of delegation, customer communication, documentation, and collaboration across teams. • Be an escalation point for complex and advanced incidents. • Prepare Incident Reports for each minor incident investigation you complete. • Communicate with other analysts to share new intelligence regarding tactics, techniques, and trends utilized by threat actors.
Job Requirements
- 3-4 years of experience in a cybersecurity related position (SOC and/or SIEM analysis experience preferred)
- Dedication to putting each customer’s needs and concerns at the forefront of all decision making.
- Understanding of core operating system concepts in Windows, MacOS/Darwin, and Linux.
- Proficiency with analyzing forensic artifacts to determine root cause analysis in investigations
- A fundamental understanding of how threat actors utilize tactics such as lateral movement, privilege escalation, defense evasion, persistence, command and control, and exfiltration.
- Effective verbal communication skills that foster collaboration between the MDR SOC and the Incident Response team.
- Strong written communication skills
- Some experience with static and dynamic malware analysis.
- Passion for continuous learning and growth in the cybersecurity world.
Benefits
- 24/7/365 monitoring
- incident response
- threat hunting
- endpoint detection
- behavioral intelligence
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