Principal Consultant, DFIR, Reactive Services (Unit 42) Remote Weekend Shift

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Job Summary

The Principal Consultant Reactive Services is a senior individual contributor role within Unit 42 responsible for delivering expert-level incident response and digital forensics services to clients across a wide range of industries and environments.

In this role you will serve as a technical leader on active investigations partnering with Consulting Directors and engagement teams to respond to complex cybersecurity incidents. You will lead forensic investigations identify attacker activity determine scope and impact and guide clients through containment remediation and recovery efforts.

This position is ideal for an experienced DFIR practitioner who thrives in fast-paced incident response environments and enjoys solving complex technical challenges during critical security events.

This role supports Unit 42s 24x7 incident response operations and requires a dedicated weekend overnight schedule consisting of four 10-hour shifts from Friday through Monday.

• Lead digital forensics and incident response investigations across enterprise environments.
• Serve as a technical lead on incident response engagements.
• Conduct host network and cloud investigations to identify root cause attacker activity and scope of compromise.
• Perform forensic acquisition and analysis of systems memory logs and endpoint telemetry.
• Utilize industry-standard DFIR tools and methodologies to support incident containment and recovery.
• Deliver clear findings and remediation guidance to clients and stakeholders.
• Support development of DFIR playbooks tools and investigative methodologies.
• Mentor team members and contribute to knowledge sharing across Unit 42.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 68 years of experience in DFIR incident response security operations or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Experience investigating ransomware intrusion activity and other enterprise-scale security incidents.
• Strong understanding of forensic acquisition evidence handling and investigative methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with DFIR tools such as EnCase FTK SleuthKit Volatility or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience investigating Windows Linux and macOS environments.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and client-facing communication skills.

• Experience responding to large-scale enterprise security incidents.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and modern adversary tradecraft.
• Experience with malware triage or reverse engineering.
• Background in consulting incident response MDR SOC or other 24x7 security operations environments.
• Certifications such as GCFA GCFE GCIH CISSP or similar.
• Ability to work a dedicated weekend overnight schedule consisting of four 10-hour shifts from Friday through Monday.
• Ability to travel up to 20% as required.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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