Cyber Triage and Forensic Senior Analyst

Todays world is fueled by vast amounts of information. Data is more valuable than ever before. Protecting data and information systems is central to doing business and everyone in EY Information Security has a critical role to play. Join a global team of almost 950 people who collaborate to support the business of EY by protecting EY and client information assets! Our Information Security professionals enable EY to work securely and deliver secure products and services as well as detect and quickly respond to security events as they happen. Together the efforts of our dedicated team helps protect the EY brand and build client trust.

Within Information Security we blend risk strategy digital identity cyber defense application security and technology solutions as we consider the entire security lifecycle. You will join a team of hardworking security-focused individuals dedicated to supporting protecting and enabling the business through innovative secure solutions that provide speed to market and business value.

The opportunity

Cyber Triage and Forensics (CTF) Incident Analyst will work as a senior member of the technical team responsible for security incident response for EY. The candidate will work as an escalation point for suspect or confirmed security incidents. Responsibilities include performing digital forensic analysis following security incident response standard methodologies malware analysis identify indicators of compromise support remediation or coordinate remediation efforts of a security incident and develop documentation to support the security incident response process.

Your key responsibilities

• Investigate coordinate bring to resolution and report on security incidents as they are brought up or identified
• Forensically analyze end user systems and servers found to have possible indicators of compromise
• Analysis of artifacts collected during a security incident/forensic analysis
• Identify security incidents through Hunting operations within a SIEM EDR and other relevant tools
• Interface and connect with server owners system custodians and IT contacts to pursue security incident response activities including obtaining access to systems digital artifact collection and containment and/or remediation actions
• Provide consultation and assessment on perceived security threats
• Maintain manage improve and update security incident process and protocol documentation
• Regularly provide reporting and metrics on case work
• Resolution of security incidents by identifying root cause and solutions
• Analyze findings in investigative matters and develop fact based reports
• Be on-call to deliver global incident response

Skills and attributes for success

• Resolution of security incidents by identifying root cause and solutions
• Analyze findings in investigative matters and develop fact-based reports
• Proven integrity and judgment within a professional environment
• Ability to appropriately balance work/personal priorities

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field
• 7 years experience in incident response computer forensics analysis and/or malware reverse engineering
• Understanding of security threats vulnerabilities and incident response
• Understanding of electronic investigation forensic tools and methodologies including: log correlation and analysis forensically handling electronic data knowledge of the computer security investigative processes malware identification and analysis
• Be familiar with legalities surrounding electronic discovery and analysis
• Experience with EDR and SIEM technologies (i.e. Splunk)
• Deep understanding of both Windows and Unix/Linux based operating systems

Ideally youll also have

• Hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as GCFE GCFA or GREM
• Background in security incident response in Cloud-based environments such as Azure
• Programming skills in PowerShell Python and/or C/C
• Understanding of the best security practices for network architecture and server configuration

What we look for

• Demonstrated integrity in a professional environment
• Ability to work independently
• Have a global mind-set for working with different cultures and backgrounds
• Knowledgeable in business industry standard security incident response process procedures and life cycle
• Positive attitude and Excellent teaming skills
• Excellent social communication and writing skills
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent investigative analytical and problem-solving skills