Incident Response & Forensics Specialist

28 Jun 2024

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A NYS agency located in New York, NY is looking for an Incident Response & Forensics Specialist for a 12 month contract.

Some onsite work is required throughout the life of the contract, and is likely to increase over time. Local candidates only.

To be considered for this position, the client has advised that upon placement, consultants will be required to wear a mask under certain circumstances, show proof of full vaccination or submit on a weekly basis proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR diagnostic test.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Services, or IT Security related field -Or- A satisfactory equivalent with at least 3 years of IT-Security experience.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience Tier 1 & 2 support for cyber security operation center.
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience with performing incident response functions & investigations

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong experience with digital forensic tools
  • Strong understanding and analysis of code such as Powershell, PERL, Python
  • Cybersecurity certifications (preferred)
  • Experience with OT & PCI technologies (preferred)
  • 6+ years' experience: Information Security

Responsibilities

  • Serving as a primary point of contact for agency CSOC & MSSP Cybersecurity Incident escalations
  • Interfaces directly with vendors & third parties for notified/observed compromises
  • Forensics on memory, disks, and logs
  • Malware analysis (dynamic & static)
  • Involvement in full incident response lifecycle
  • Processes evidence in accordance with Chain of Custody
  • Creates Incident reports to brief to executive management
  • Provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents
  • Assist the Threat Intelligence group in other functions including, Threat Intelligence / Threat Hunting, Threat Readiness, and Cyber Content Engineering & Automation
  • This position is a part of the IT Threat Intelligence group within the Cyber Security Operations Center and will be expected to provide direct support to the 24/7 Cyber Security Monitoring group as needed.

About us: QED National is a leading IT consulting, solutions and staff augmentation firm, serving both the public and private sectors for over 28 years. Headquartered in midtown Manhattan, QED National's team is comprised of the brightest minds in the industry with the skills to solve the most complex technological problems.

  • ID: #43648936
  • State: New York New york city 10008 New york city USA
  • City: New york city
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2022-06-28
  • Deadline: 2022-08-26
  • Category: Et cetera