Senior Associate, Global Cyber Risk Services-Incident Response

Description

Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M) Global Cyber Risk Services were created to help boards and management teams understand and improve their organization's incident response, cyber-readiness, and cyber strategy development. Our methods are based on the regulations, industry standards, and best practices that govern the business of our clients. Our team of cybersecurity experts provide findings, observations, recommendations, and a plan for closing the gaps. We use leading methods, tools, and techniques in the industry to find vulnerabilities, system misconfigurations, and program flaws in order to improve the overall cyber security for our clients. 

What You Will Be Doing 

You will be responding to our client's cyber security incidents and presenting recommendations to address those gaps.   

As a Global Cyber Digital Forensics Incident Response Senior Associate, you'll be part of a team that is growing and helping organizations of all sizes and types. Through your expertise and exceptional service, you will build long-term relationships with clients across different industries. Using your savvy investigative skills to identify, assess and resolve our client’s unique security needs from the front lines. It’s all about listening to and understanding our clients to give them a truly exceptional experience in a field where there really are no off-the-shelf recommendations. The dynamic nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. You’re likely to balance your time between directly liaising with our clients to understand their situation and creating and communicating an appropriate cyber security response plan.   That means thinking differently about the type of security breach, assisting in containing the breach, and forensically analyzing the evidence and artifacts to identify the root cause and provide remediation recommendations to close the gaps. Some of the key activities include: 

• Perform post-breach incident response and digital forensics functions including but not limited to host-based analysis functions through investigating Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs). 
• Perform behavioral analysis and reverse engineer the malware to understand the modus operandi of the attacker. 
• Examine firewall rules/configurations, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence and artifacts of malicious and compromised activity. 
• Investigate data breaches leveraging forensics tools including Encase, Magnet Axiom, FTK, F-Response, SIFT, MacQuisition, Splunk, and custom investigation tools to determine source of compromises and malicious activity that occurred in client environments.  
• Managing the key components of a portfolio of Cyber projects, including strategy, planning and execution.  
• Developing long-term relationships across a network of existing and potential clients. 
• Constantly developing your understanding of our clients’ industries, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement, understanding their businesses to provide tailored insights into the best cyber security practices for their area. 
• Engage in continuous education by creating and adopting a personal learning and development plan. 
• Using technology to distribute your knowledge of leading-practice and enhance service delivery. 
• Aiding in the development of interns and junior consultants through constant coaching, mentoring and feedback. 

Who will you be working with?  

At A&M, you will have the opportunity to work with a supportive and diverse team of professionals who enjoy sharing their knowledge and depth of industry experience with others. Our team of cybersecurity experts consists of many former senior information security professionals from various backgrounds who bring and share their extensive expertise in advising Fortune 500 firms on technology risk, information security, insider threat, and cybersecurity. We have an inclusive development environment that encourages everyone to learn and grow. Our culture is defined by openness and entrepreneurial thinking, with mutual respect and high work standards as the foundation. We strive to eliminate bureaucracy in favor of recognizing effort and results through advancement opportunities and a motivating performance-based reward structure. 

How will you grow and be supported?  

As a Global Cyber Digital Forensics Incident Response Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of security projects and clients; across industries and sectors, and eventually grow and specialize in the areas that interest you. You will gain valuable experience and exposure to a wide range of security projects and clients; across industries and sectors. You will have the opportunity to apply your technical, organizational and relationship skills in challenging and ambiguous situations while working directly with clients and in close collaboration with experienced professionals who will provide you with developmental feedback and opportunities for growth.  

We offer competitive benefits and opportunities to support your personal and professional development. Click to learn about our commitment to your well-being. A&M recognizes that our people drive our growth, and you will be provided with the best available development resources through formalized training and certification, plenty of on-the-job training, as well as networking opportunities. Learn more about why A&M is a wonderful place to work.   

Core Qualifications: 

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 
• 3+ years relevant work experience in cyber security and incident response. 
• Achieved, or be working towards a professional designation, such as CISPP, EnCE, ACE, CCE, CCFP,  or GIAC.  

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• In-depth understanding of computer forensic principles including intrusion response, network monitoring, reverse engineering and malware analysis. 
• Experience with one or more forensic analysis tools, e.g., Encase, FTK, F-Response, SIFT, MacQuisition, Splunk. 
• Working knowledge of hardware configuration and network/data communications, software development and scripting, and database technology and database exploitation/forensics.  
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to prioritize when working on multiple engagements.  
•  Communicate complex technical concepts to a wide range of audiences in a concise and confident manner.  
• Experience with and conducting intelligence analysis.  
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed. 
• Ability to occasionally work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet clients' needs. 

The annual base salary range  for Senior Associate is $90,000 - $110,000 commensurate with experience. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.  Please ask your recruiter for details. 

Diversity & Inclusion 

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way. 

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. 

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters 

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity. 

 

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Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.