Lead Consultant (FortiGuard Incident Response)

We are looking for a Lead Consultant – FortiGuard Incident Response to work in a dynamic and exciting new position reporting to the Director of Operations for FortiGuard Security Consulting Services. The analyst will work directly with members of a world-class incident response and forensics team. Our team is comprised of individuals with strong knowledge in malware hunting and analysis, reverse engineering, multiple scripting languages, forensics, and threat actors TTPs. In this very hands-on customer-facing role, the consultant’s main objective is to lead and manage the incident response engagements and train/mentor other security consultants. Leveraging your in-depth understanding of the threat actors’ tactics, techniques, procedures, and tools as well as our flagship FortiEDR tooling, you will need to quickly glean situational awareness to provide guidance to the team members as well as to the client. In addition, from time to time, the candidate will help to create threat research work products such as blogs and presentations. To be successful in this role, the candidate must possess strong consulting skills, deep technical skills, and be able to work under tight timelines.

Responsibilities:

• Lead IR engagements and mentor/training junior analysts
• Continue to focus on process improvement for the customer-facing incident response services
• Conduct host-based analysis and forensic functions on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems
• Review firewall, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence and artifacts of malicious and compromised activity
• Leverage our FortiEDR Platform to conduct investigations to rapidly detect and analyze security threats
• Perform basic reverse engineering of threat actor’s malicious tools
• Develop complete and informative reports and presentations for both executive and technical audiences
• Availability during nights/weekends as needed for IR engagements
• Perform memory forensics and file analysis as needed
• Monitor underground forums, our FortiGuard Threat Labs, along with other open-source intelligence outlets to maintain proficiency in the latest actor tactics and techniques

Required Skills:

• Bilingual: Fluent in English and Spanish. Portuguese is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience interfacing with customers
• Experienced with EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Redline, Volatility, WireShark, TCPDump, and open-source forensic tools a plus
• A solid understanding of Active Directory and how to secure it is a plus
• Experience with at least one scripting language: Shell, Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.
• Ability to data mine using YARA, RegEx, or other techniques to identify new threats
• Experience with malware analysis tools such as IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Immunity Debugger
• Hands-on experience dealing with APT campaigns, attack Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), memory injection techniques, static and dynamic malware analysis, and malware persistence mechanisms
• Strong knowledge of operating system internals and endpoint security experience
• Able to communicate with both technical and executive personnel
• Static and dynamic malware and log analysis
• Analysis of Linux and MAC binary files and the understanding of MAC internals is a plus but not required
• Highly motivated, self-driven, and able to work both independently and within a team
• Able to work under pressure in time-critical situations and occasional nights and weekends work

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Or Experience with incident response and/or Forensics