Incident Response Analyst (Remote)

Cynet

2d • Remote

About The Position

As an Incident Response Analyst, you will help contain and remediate cybersecurity incidents across Cynet customer and prospective customer environments. The role combines incident coordination, digital forensics, malware analysis, and threat intelligence to support effective response and continuously improve Cynet’s detection and incident response capabilities.

You will investigate real security events, coordinate containment and remediation, and develop actionable plans based on forensic findings. You will also help improve Cynet’s incident response tools and capabilities, share findings with related teams, and train CyOps team members on incident response best practices. The position includes participation in an on-call rotation for 24×7 escalations outside standard business hours.

Requirements

• Previous experience performing incident response in a Security Operations Center or an equivalent cybersecurity organization.
• Hands-on experience with host and network digital forensics.
• Strong knowledge of incident response, digital forensics, and cyber threat hunting.
• Expertise in identifying the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors.
• Familiarity with malware analysis.
• Ability to coordinate assignments within a team and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience monitoring EDR, XDR, or SIEM solutions.

Responsibilities

• Execute containment and remediation processes for cybersecurity incidents across customer and prospective customer environments.
• Coordinate incident response activities.
• Perform forensic analysis of compromised assets and develop actionable remediation plans.
• Analyze potentially malicious files to understand their functions and techniques.
• Extract indicators of compromise and feed them into detection capabilities to support continuous improvement.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting 24×7 escalations outside standard business hours.
• Help enhance and develop Cynet’s tools and capabilities for incident response.
• Collaborate with the CyOps CTI team and Orion threat hunting team to make effective use of findings and artifacts.
• Train CyOps team members on incident response best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed