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CrowdStrike, Inc. Principal Consultant, Incident Response (Remote) in Kirkland, Washington
CrowdStrike, Inc. Full time R18497 About the Role:
CrowdStrike is looking for highly motivated, self-driven, technical consultants dedicated to making a difference in global security by protecting organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world. Our CrowdStrike Services team offers opportunities to expand your skill set through a wide variety of engagements including front page incident response investigations for organizations you'll find on the annual Fortune 100 list.
Am I a Principal Consultant Candidate?
Do you find yourself interested in and keeping up with the latest vulnerabilities and breaches?
Are you self-motivated and looking for an opportunity to rapidly accelerate your skills?
Do you crave new and innovative work that actually matters to your customer?
Do you have an Incident Response or Information Security background that you're not fully utilizing?
Are you capable of leading teams and interacting with customers?
Do you love working around like-minded, smart people who you can learn from and mentor on a daily basis?
What You'll Do:
Lead incident response engagements
Develop and use new methods to hunt for bad actors across large sets of data.
Work under the direction of outside counsel to conduct intrusion investigations
Perform host and/or network-based forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
Perform basic malware analysis.
Produce high-quality written and verbal reports, presentations, recommendations, and findings to key stakeholders including customer management, regulators, and legal counsel .
Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.
What You'll Need: Successful candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:
Team leadership experience in a matrixed consulting environment
Incident Response: experience conducting or managing incident response investigations for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organized Crime, and Hacktivists.
Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.
Network Forensic Analysis: strong knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools like Bro/Zeek or Suricata, and ability to perform analysis of associated network logs.
Reverse Engineering: ability to understand the capabilities of static and dynamic malware analysis.
Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.
Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: strong understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations.
Cloud Incident Response: knowledge in any of the following areas: AWS, Azure, GCP incident response methodologies.
Communications: strong ability to communicate executive and/or detailed level findings to clients; ability to effectively communicate tasks, guidance, and methodology with internal teams
Additionally, all candidates must possess the following qualifications:
Capable of completing technical tasks without supervision.
Desire to grow and expand both technical and soft skills.
Strong project management skills.
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