Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Analyst with 1-1.5 Years of hands-on experience in compromise assessments, incident response, digital forensics, and cybersecurity investigations.

The ideal candidate should have practical experience investigating security incidents, analyzing digital evidence, identifying indicators of compromise (IOCs), and conducting investigations across Windows and Linux environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct compromise assessments and threat hunting activities across enterprise environments.
• Investigate cybersecurity incidents, including malware infections, ransomware, unauthorized access, and system compromises.
• Perform digital forensic investigations of Windows and Linux systems, including evidence collection, preservation, and analysis.
• Analyze forensic artifacts such as Windows Event Logs, Registry, Prefetch, Amcache, Shimcache, and other system artifacts.
• Investigate suspicious processes, persistence mechanisms, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and potential data exfiltration.
• Analyze SIEM and EDR logs, endpoint telemetry, and network traffic to identify malicious activities.
• Support incident triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and root cause analysis.
• Correlate IOCs and attacker TTPs using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Prepare technical investigation reports, compromise assessment findings, and remediation recommendations.

Requirements

• 1-1.5 years of hands-on experience in DFIR, compromise assessments, incident response, or related cybersecurity investigations.
• Strong understanding of Windows operating systems, forensic artifacts, and event log analysis.
• Working knowledge of Linux systems and forensic investigation techniques.
• Practical experience with SIEM, EDR, and security log analysis.
• Understanding of common attack techniques, incident response methodologies, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and common protocols.
• Familiarity with forensic evidence handling, timeline analysis, and chain of custody.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Digital Forensics: FTK Imager, KAPE, Autopsy, Eric Zimmerman Tools, Volatility, Cyber Triage.
• SIEM & EDR: IBM QRadar, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, or similar solutions.
• Investigation Tools: Wireshark, Sysinternals Suite, Velociraptor, YARA, VirusTotal.
• Scripting: Basic knowledge of PowerShell, Python, or Bash.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Equivalent practical experience may be considered.

Relevant certifications such as CHFI, eCDFP, or similar will be an advantage.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with practical exposure to real-world investigations, a strong investigative mindset, attention to detail, and the ability to independently perform initial forensic analysis and compromise assessment activities while working effectively within a team.