Job Description
Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.
Primary Responsibility:
- Work on client engagements and communicate with client stake holders
- Monitor, detect, and report any threats directed against the clients’ networks and systems and identifying indicators of compromise
- Ability to quickly and accurately triage security events and incidents to stop immediate threats using knowledge of cyber-attacks and data analysis skills.
- Develop playbooks and processes for incident management and response
- Plan for business continuity and disaster recovery in event of security incident
- Perform tests, exercises, and drills of all response plans
- Ability to forensically acquire, preserve electronic data stored on end user machines, servers, cloud etc. on site or remotely.
- Ability to conduct in-depth investigation & research including forensic analysis, deleted data recovery, carving by gathering data and information from variety of sources.
- Ability to analyse data, prepare report and present findings coherently.
- Coordinating research & development on new threats, monitoring dark web and working closely with team members.
- Review and assess inbound emergency escalations, make immediate decisions based on variety of complex factors and coordinate with and advise internal and external parties / clients on securing the IT infrastructure
Required Skillsets & Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 to 6 years of hands-on experience in Digital Forensics and Incident Response.
- Proficiency with advanced digital forensic tools (such as Magnet Axiom, Cellebrite, BlackLight) and Incident Response platforms (such as Splunk, QRadar, or similar).
- Experience in investigating cyber breaches e.g. Business Email Compromise (BEC), malware, ransomware, etc.
- Experience in analysing logs for DLP, Incident investigation, MFT, Prefetch etc.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and understanding of cloud security frameworks.
- Strong understanding of network protocols, encryption technologies, and endpoint security solutions.
- Understanding of operating systems, e.g., Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android • Ability to synthesize large volumes of information.
- Flexible team player, with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to multitask on various projects. • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, or a related field.
- Scripting will be a plus point to the team - Python, C, Bash, Shell, etc.
- Preferred Certifications: GCFA/GCFE/GNFA/EnCE, CCFP, GCFA, GCIH
- Self-starter requiring minimal direction 2
- Excellent communication skills, should be experience adapting communication style to suit different stakeholders like cross-functional teams, India and overseas
- Project Management, Operations or Process Improvement Experience
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
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