Threat Hunter and Forensics Specialist

Core Responsibilities

• Leads and responds to escalated cyber security alerts, cyber incidents, or related security investigations. Identifies real-time complex attack patterns and suggests mitigation strategies.
• Leads the processes, tools and measures to monitor and detect compromises, risks, vulnerabilities, network security threats, tools and tactics used by modern and emerging threat actors. Facilitates security operations and incident response technologies and methodologies.
• Develops, manages, maintains and enhances security controls (alerts, rules, policies, and signatures) for the security platforms.
• Reviews the network environment for new and evolving cyber threats and providing preventive and remedial solutions. Identifies malicious activity by performing analysis on logs, traffic flows, and other investigative detective activities.
• Provides highly technical forensic reports focused on threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies to Vanguard executive staff.
• Leads with IT and business teams to ensure prompt and effective distribution of findings so incidents are effectively addressed. Provides department support to the business on enterprise wide security initiatives and projects.
• Mentors junior team members to improve their technical acumen
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of five years related work experience, with three years experience in incident response or host based forensics
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Relevant industry certifications such as GCFA, GCSA, CCSP, GREM, PMAT, PMRP, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• Proficiency with ES|QL, SQL.