via LinkedIn
$70K - 120K a year
Focuses on operational risk, governance, and compliance in regulated environments, not on cybersecurity incident response or forensics.
Requires extensive cybersecurity incident response, forensic analysis, and technical security skills, which are not demonstrated in your background.
Title: Cyber Security Specialist - Incident Response & Forensics Location: New York, NY 10004 Duration: 12 Months Contract Description The technical Incident Response & Forensics Specialist is a part of the IT Threat Intelligence group within the Cyber Security Operations Canter and will be expected to provide direct support to the 24/7 Cyber Security Monitoring group as needed. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Serving as a primary point of contact for Client CSOC & MSSP Cybersecurity Incident escalations • Interfaces directly with vendors & third parties for notified/observed compromises • Forensics on memory, disks, and logs • Malware analysis (dynamic & static) • Involvement in full incident response lifecycle • Processes evidence in accordance with Chain of Custody • Creates Incident reports to brief to executive management • Provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents • Assist the Threat Intelligence group in other functions including • Threat Intelligence / Threat Hunting • Threat Readiness • Cyber Content Engineering & Automation Skills: • Excellent communication skills • Strong experience with digital forensic tools • Strong understanding and analysis of code such as PowerShell, PERL, Python • Cybersecurity certifications (preferred) • Experience with OT & PCI technologies (preferred) Minimum requirements: • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Services, or IT Security related field –Or- A satisfactory equivalent with at least 3 years of IT-Security experience. • Minimum of 3 years of experience Tiers 1 & 2 support for cyber security operation centre. • Minimum of 3 years' experience with performing incident response functions & investigations • Information Security – 6+ years of experience
This job posting was last updated on 1/2/2026