Incident Response Consultant (Remote)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.

Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.

We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

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 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 operating as an individual contributor and interacting with customers?

Do you love working around smart people who you can learn from and mentor on a daily basis?

What You'll Do:

• Serve as part the technical team on incident response engagements
• Develop and use new methods to hunt for bad actors across large sets of data.
• Work under the direction of project leadership and outside counsel to conduct intrusion investigations
• Perform host and/or network-based forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
• Support the production of high-quality written and verbal reports, presentations, recommendations, and findings to key stakeholders including customer management, regulators, and legal counsel .

What You'll Need:

Successful candidates will have knowledge of or experience in one or more of the following areas:

Incident Response: experience conducting or managing incident response investigations for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as the Nation-State, E-Crime, and Hacktivists.

Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using 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 support creating customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.

Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations.

Cloud Incident Response: knowledge of AWS, Azure, or 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

Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points :

Capable of completing technical tasks with limited supervision.

Desire to grow and expand both technical and soft skills.

Ability to foster a positive work environment and attitude.

Education:

We are seeking candidates with the right combination of training and skills to join our team. Experience, drive, and results are key and advanced degrees are not required. Successful candidates coming from an academic background will likely have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Policy, or a related discipline.

Applicants without a degree but with relevant work experience and/or training will be considered, and should apply their previous experience to the qualification areas above.

This role may require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass alcohol and/or drug test(s) during the course of employment.