Incident Response Manager - hands on - Dallas, TX (remote initially)

V-Soft Consulting is currently seeking an Incident Response Manager for our premier client in Dallas Texas. This is a contract position in public sector industry.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Education and Experience »

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or business, master’s degree preferred
• Experience with systems administration, middleware, and application administration
• In-depth experience with network and network security tools administration
• In-depth experience with log search tools such as QRadar, Splunk, End-Point tools and others
• Experience with security assessment tools (NMAP, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat)
• Ability to create and execute a containment strategy
• 5 to 7 years experience in Information Technology (IT) which includes minimum 4 years relevant experience in Cybersecurity

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities »

• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Strong knowledge of network security zones, firewall configurations, IDS policies, email, end point and platform security
• Strong knowledge of systems communications from Layer 1 to 7
• Knowledge of log formats and ability to aggregate and parse log data for syslog, http logs, and DB logs for investigation purposes
• Usage of regular expressions and natural language queries
• In-depth knowledge of packet capture and analysis
• Excellent people-management skills
• Good technical and trouble-shooting ability
• Ability to work in a high stress environment
• Ability to interact with staff, peers, and business units on a technical and professional level.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Job Responsibilities:

• Client focal for all security domain matters including incident response, threat management, risk management, and compliance/privacy – for the account management and delivery teams for ongoing operational activities and maintain client communications
• Provide first responder forensics analysis and investigation from Level 2 escalations and track the resolution of reported Issues and monitor the progress of remediation activities for security incidents, looking for optimization and efficiencies
• Support CLIENT processes and review their application to ensure that CLIENT controls, policies, and procedures are operating effectively
• Provide oversight for the identification, investigation and response of events or incidents of apparent security breaches
• Drives containment strategy during data loss or breach events following runbook procedures until resolution and responsible for communication documents and ongoing updates to runbooks
• Respond and resolve advanced vector attacks such as botnets and advanced persistent threats (APTs) with a threat hunting approach
• Recommends and works with supporting teams to tune of IDS, firewalls, email, end point, proxy policy, in-line malware tools based on threat feeds, trust and reputation data, events, or vulnerabilities and exploits of downstream systems
• Conduct monthly operational review teleconferences or on-site meetings with Client key stakeholders to review the performance of services on a weekly/status report

Interested?

Qualified candidates should send their resumes to lgironda@vsoftconsulting.com

V-Soft Consulting is a trusted partner with experience across diverse technology stacks to help business get IT done. What makes V-Soft different? Our expertise is derived from over 20 years of delivering world-class IT staffing, consulting, engineering and managed services to Fortune 1000 and mid-market companies in the U.S., Canada, and Asia. 

V-Soft is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada, and across the U.S., including Madison, Chicago, Denver, Harrisburg and Atlanta. V-Soft has been recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America and is known for the ability to provide highly qualified consultants for any project at any scale. V-Soft has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks, and holds such titles as MuleSoft Certified Delivery Resource, Oracle Gold Partner, ServiceNow Partner, Microsoft Partner, and Cisco Registered Partner, amongst many others.

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