Job Abstract

Key Role:

Display professional and expert knowledge of incident response processes, tools, and techniques. Handle incident investigation with little oversight and make significant contributions to any incident response efforts. Participate in cyber incident response investigations requiring forensic, malware, and log analysis, and analyze forensic images and triage datasets to identify indicators of compromise, lateral movement, and unauthorized access or exfiltration of data. Assist in Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) matters and assigned specific task by a team lead and assistant team lead. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience with analyzing Microsoft Windows and non-Windows systems, including Mac or Linux, and using DFIR toolsets, including FTK, EnCase, XWF, or Axiom

• Experience with scripted DFIR toolsets written in Python or PowerShell

• Experience with analyzing logs, including firewall, network traffic, IIS, Antivirus, and DNS

• Experience in leading a DFIR team, including assisting junior team member's with their case load

• Knowledge of common forensic artifacts analyzed during incidents to determine attack, vector, lateral movement, and data exfiltration

• Ability to correlate events from multiple sources to create a timeline analysis

• Ability to organize case notes and communicate verbally and in writing to clients

• Ability to prepare detailed technical reports

• Ability to work after standard business hours, including some evenings and some weekends, take a rotation on call, and work more than one incident at a time

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience with Cybersecurity or DFIR, or 5+ years of experience with Cybersecurity or DFIR in lieu of a degree

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with forensically analyzing cloud data, including AWS, Azure, or GCP

• Knowledge of mobile device platforms, including smartphones and tablets

• Knowledge of Cyber breach response and threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures

• Knowledge of host and network log analysis and toolsets to identify evidence of threat actor persistence, activities, and file access to develop facts for an incident response investigation

• Ability to prioritize work assignments without guidance

• Ability to mentor junior team members

• Ability to develop scripts or utilize log and data analysis platforms, such as Elastic or Splunk, to quickly analyze large network and application log datasets

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Compensation

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Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

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