Introduction Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today's businesses. As an IR Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM's clients, delivering proactive services and responding to major incidents for organizations. You will be part of a high-performing team and will apply your technical skills to improve clients' security posture through a combination of proactive and reactive cybersecurity incident response services. Your role and responsibilities As an IR Consultant for the IBM Security X-Force Incident Response (X-Force IR) team, you will be responding to high profile cybersecurity incidents within our clients' enterprise networks. You will work with our clients to proactively prevent and detect future cybersecurity incidents. You will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, helping to shape their cybersecurity program. You will collaborate with internal IBM stakeholders to provide integrated solutions to our clients' most challenging problems. In this role you will have demonstrated skills in various elements of Incident Response, conducting computer intrusion investigations, and have a strong foundation in cyber security policy, operations and best practices; ideally in large enterprise environments. Ideally, you will have proficiency with EDR tools such as Cortex, CrowdStrike and Defender as well as familiarity with forensic analysis tools such as X-Ways, EnCase Forensic or FTK and live response analysis. Furthermore, familiarity with Windows and Linux enterprise environments and systems such as Active Directory, Office 365, FWs, IPS/IDS, SIEMs, etc. is required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. When not responding to breaches, you will conduct enterprise threat hunting, help clients develop incident response plans, facilitate tabletop and purple team exercises as well as provide other tactical security services related to incident response. As part of this role you may be required to travel, either within the country or internationally. Required technical and professional expertise - Hands-on experience with hardware/software tools used in incident response, computer forensics, network security assessments, and/or application security. - Understanding of enterprise-wide policies and procedures for IT risk mitigation and incident response. - Experience within incident response teams and handling tasks across all phases ofan engagement. - Capable of working independently as well as a part of a larger team within internal projects and client engagements. Forensic Analysis & Incident Response Skills: - Ability to forensically analyse Windows for evidence of compromise. Knowledge of Unix systems forensics will be considered an advantage. - Familiarity with industry standard forensic tools such as EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, Sleuthkit. - Experience performing log analysis locally and via SIEM/log aggregation tool. - Experience hunting threat actors in enterprise networks and cloud environments. - Experience with using Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tools. - Demonstrate an understanding of the behaviour, security risks and controls of common network protocols. - Demonstrate an understanding of common applications used in Windows and Linux enterprise environment. Familiarity with Active Directory, Exchange and Microsoft 365 applications and logs. - Familiarity with the tools and techniques required to analyze data traversing a network environment. - Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like IBM Cloud, AWS, GCP or Azure. - Experience in writing cohesive reports for a technical and non-technical audience. Assessment Expertise: - Examine and analyse available client internal processes, and procedures to determine patterns and gaps at a tactical level. Recommend appropriate course of action to support maturing the client's incident response program and cyber security posture. - Familiarity with various security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001/2, PCI DSS, NIST800-53, 800-171, and applicable data privacy laws and regulations. - Experience with Incident Response tabletop exercises, with a focus on either tactical or strategic incident response processes. Preferred technical and professional experience - Diverse understanding of cyber security related vulnerabilities, common attack vectors, and mitigations. - Understanding of strategic level incident response plans as well as tactical-focused playbooks. - Ability to complete individual tasks and coordinate with other work streams during incident response investigations. 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