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Practice Overview
Ankura's Cybersecurity Practice offers a full-service suite of information security and privacy solutions for clients, regardless of industry or size. We provide proactive preparedness, incident response, cyber resilience, and managed advisory services customized to clients' requirements. The Cyber team is composed of leaders from the intelligence community, including former FBI and CIA personnel, private security firms, and pioneering technology companies. Our experts assess cyber risk and readiness, test and harden clients' infrastructure, and respond instantly and decisively when threats arise. We regularly advise boards of directors, members of the C-suite, general counsel, outside counsel, IT leaders, and other stakeholders at all stages of any cyber incident.
Role Overview
Our Cybersecurity practice is a rapidly growing part of the Data & Technology segment of our business. Our professionals help our clients address their critical information security challenges, including incident investigation/response, as well as assessing and reducing information security risks.
This role is remote, located in the United States.
Responsibilities
Participate in security incident investigations that involve computer crimes and require log, forensic and malware analysis
Collect and analyze intrusion detection system alerts, firewall logs, network traffic logs and host system logs to evaluate whether unauthorized access or information ex-filtration occurred
Perform forensic analyses to identify the presence of any malware, malware capabilities/actions and what actions the malware took
Conduct security investigations in Linux and/or Windows environments
Provide input into client communications, both written and oral, related to analyses performed for senior level review
Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science/Cyber Security/MSIS or equivalent work experience
Approximately 5+ years of experience working in the Incident Response space
Understanding of how to communicate effectively and concisely with legal counsel, high level management, and C-suite clients
Ability to approach projects both from a long-range and immediate view
Experience working with non-Windows programs (such as Linux, Unix, Mac)
Scripting/programming experience (specifically Python, C#, VBA, or Shell)
Experience working on projects in an investigatory capacity - either law enforcement or incident response
For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California, Colorado, or New York, Ankura is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the said markets and considers a broad range of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The range does not include additional benefits outside of salary. At Ankura, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range is between $85,000 to $200,000; this range is not a promise of a particular wage.
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