
Incident Response Analyst
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Contract
- Full-time
- Responds to computer security incidents according to the computer security incident response policy and procedures.
- Provides technical guidance to first responders for handling cybersecurity incidents.
- Provides timely and relevant updates to appropriate stakeholders and decision makers.
- Communicates investigation findings to relevant business units to help improve the cybersecurity posture.
- Validates and maintains incident response plans and processes to address potential threats.
- Compiles and analyzes data for management reporting and metrics.
- Analyzes potential impact of new threats and communicates risks back to detection engineering functions.
- Performs root-cause analysis to document findings and participate in root-cause elimination activities as required.
- Triages and assesses the risk of incidents, performing real-time analysis and managing workload during investigations/incidents.
- Creates runbooks for frequently occurring incidents to automate or at least assist with the resolution of those cases.
- BE/BTech, BS or MA in computer science, information security or a related field.Bachelor's Degree (in Business, Technology, Computer Science or related field), preferred or equivalent experience.
- Candidate must have 5 years of experience in incident response.
- Familiarity with incident response frameworks and methodologies, including frameworks like NIST 800-61 and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Experience with incident response tools and technologies, including tools for security information and event management (SIEM), forensics, and/or threat intelligence even in a lab environment is beneficial.
- Experience with reporting and communicating incident details, improving incident response processes and recovering from security incidents is beneficial.
- Ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative and actionable manner.
- Understands organizational mission, values, goals, and consistent application of this knowledge.
- Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one
- Ability to effectively influence others to modify their opinions, plans, or behaviors.
- A team-focused mentality, with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.