X-Force - Senior Incident Response Consultant

Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today’s businesses. As a Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM’s clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client’s organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.

As a senior consultant for the IBM Security X-Force Incident Response (X-Force IR) team, you will be responsible for the growth and delivery of X-Force IR services. You will lead a team of consultants responding to high‑profile cybersecurity incidents within our clients’ enterprise networks. You will work with our clients to proactively prevent and detect future incidents, serve as a trusted advisor, shape their cybersecurity program, and collaborate with internal IBM stakeholders to provide integrated solutions to our clients’ most challenging problems.

In this role you will have demonstrated skills in Incident Response, conducting computer intrusion investigations, with a strong foundation in cyber security policy, operations and best practices; experience in large enterprise environments. Proficiency with leading EDR tools, forensic analysis tools (X‑Ways, EnCase Forensic, FTK), familiarity with Windows and Linux environments, Active Directory, M365, firewalls, IPS/IDS, SIEMs, etc. is required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

When not responding to breaches, you will conduct enterprise threat hunting, help clients develop incident response plans, facilitate tabletop and purple team exercises, and provide other strategic security services related to incident response.

• Significant hands‑on experience with hardware/software tools used in incident response, computer forensics, network security assessments, and/or application security.
• 2 years experience with assessing and developing enterprise‑wide policies and procedures for IT risk mitigation and incident response.
• Experience leading incident response teams and managing tasks across all phases of an engagement.
• Experience managing a team of consultants with similar skills.
• Capable of working independently as well as providing leadership on internal projects and client engagements.

• Ability to forensically analyze both Windows & Unix systems for evidence of compromise.
• Proficiency with industry‑standard forensic tools such as EnCase, FTK, X‑Ways, Sleuthkit.
• Experience performing log analysis locally and via SIEM/log aggregation tool.
• Experience hunting threat actors in large enterprise networks and cloud environments.
• Experience with using and configuring Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tools.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the behaviour, security risks and controls of common network protocols.
• Demonstrate an understanding of common applications used in Windows and Linux enterprise environments. Familiarity with Active Directory, Exchange and Office
  365 applications and logs.
• Familiarity with the tools and techniques required to analyse & reverse diverse protocols and data traversing a network environment.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like IBM Cloud, AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Proficient in writing cohesive reports for technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Examine and analyze available client internal policies, processes, and procedures to determine patterns and gaps at both a strategic and tactical level. Recommend appropriate course of action to support maturing the client’s incident response program and cybersecurity posture.
• Strong familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001/2, PCI DSS, NIST 800‑53, 800‑171, and applicable data privacy laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated experience with planning, scoping, and delivering technical and/or executive‑level tabletop exercises, focusing on either tactical or strategic incident response processes.
• Ability to incorporate…