Incident Response Lead
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Position Description:
If youre ahead of the game on systems risk and cyber security we can secure your career ambitions. At CGI our Security Experts are trusted to work closely with a wide range of clients on exciting projects with real-world purpose and impact. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK Best Employer by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary excellent pension private healthcare plus a share scheme (3.5% 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector including our Armed Forces and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and youll be part of an open friendly community of experts. Well train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
This is a hybrid position.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
As the Incident Response Lead you will be part of the CGI Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) team which provides security monitoring detection and response services in CGI.
You can lead and conduct highly technical incident response engagements setting the incident response plan and working with and leading colleagues where required in the correct application of incident response processes within CGI.
In addition you will be a highly effective communicator and can communicate at all levels within the business. This role requires a thorough understanding of cyber security and in-depth knowledge and experience around cyber incident response threat actor techniques tactics and procedures (TTPs) computer networking fundamentals modern threats and vulnerabilities and forensics methodologies and tools.
Provide technical leadership and conduct incident response engagements to ensure timely response investigation and remediation execution across cloud on premise and remote devices
Help to develop incident response within the Global SOC paying particular attention to best practices and
advances in technology or cyber security
Perform Advanced Digital Forensics Analysis Host based or Network analysis as required during an investigation
Act as the senior subject matter expert where required during security incidents
Provide ideas and feedback to improve the overall SOC capabilities or maturity (focus on people and processes)
Work closely with other teams to provide mitigation recommendations and lessons learned to reduce the overall security risk within the organisation
Preform basic reverse engineering on malware using dynamic and static analysis
Be part of an on-call roster providing 24/7 incident response functions
Act as a mentor to junior analysts in GSOC
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
You should have expertise and demonstrate experience in working in a similar cybersecurity role or associated discipline.
Previous experience leading incident response engagements
Strong understanding of Incident Response methodologies and tools
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals
Strong understanding of Windows/Linux/Unix operating systems
Strong understanding of operating system and software vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques
SIEM Experience (e.g. Arcsight Splunk Logpoint ELK)
EDR Experience (e.g. CrowdStrike Falcon SentinelOne Microsoft Defender Cortex)
Network analysis experience with NDR technologies
Malware Analysis (Static Analysis or Dynamic Analysis of captured file Reverse Engineering)
Experience of utilizing threat intelligence sources
User investigations Behavioural Analysis technology and or processes
Experience with Insider Threat Investigations
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What you can expect from us:
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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
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