CareerPlan

Lead, Incident Response

Newark, NJ, USFull-time$124k–$204k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead digital forensics and incident response analysis, threat hunting, and readiness activities for a global financial services firm.

Role type

Senior IC digital forensics and incident response lead

Builds

Enterprise-wide forensic investigations and incident response capabilities

Domain

Financial services / Cybersecurity

Required skills

Digital forensics analysis, Incident response, Threat hunting, Log/host/memory/network forensics, Malicious code triage, Enterprise forensic software suites (X-Ways, EnCase), Adversarial threat frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain), Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash), Splunk SPL, Microsoft KQL, XSOAR automation

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Active Directory/Entra, M365, Azure, AWS, Splunk, X-Ways, EnCase, XSOAR

Responsibilities

Scope and perform enterprise-wide global investigations with on-prem and cloud technologies, Leverage Splunk SPL and Microsoft KQL for investigative workflows, Utilize EDR tooling for enterprise-wide investigations, Perform log, host, memory, and network-based forensics, Perform malicious code triage, Develop scripts, queries, and automation workflows for XSOAR

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC