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Senior Digital Forensics Incident Response Analyst

Tyto Athene, LLC
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/10/2025

Tyto Athene is searching for a Senior Digital Forensics Incident Response Analyst to support our customer in Arlington, Virginia.



Responsibilities:

  • Utilize state-of-the-art technologies such as EDR, SEIM, and full packet capture to perform hunt and investigative activity to examine endpoint and network-based activity
  • Conduct host and network forensics, log analysis, triage, and malware analysis in support of incident response
  • Develop and build security content, scripts, tools, or methods to enhance the incident investigation processes
  • Contribute to rule and signature creation for cybersecurity tools
  • Lead IR activities and provide regular incident updates to key stakeholders and executive leadership
  • Serve as the primary incident point of contact with customer, third-party vendors, and other external parties
  • Work with key stakeholders to implement remediation plans in response to incidents
  • Effectively investigative and identify root cause findings then communicate findings to stakeholders including technical staff, and leadership
  • Capture cybersecurity metrics in direct support to regular tactical and executive-level briefings (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc)
  • Create IR and forensics reports documenting findings, detailed analysis, recommendations, and lessons learned.
  • Act as a technical escalation point for SOC Watch Floor and mentor junior staff
  • Author Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training documentation when needed



Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field and 6 years of relevant experience or a Masters degree and 2 years
  • Experience with EDR and SIEM technologies
  • Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
  • Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems
  • Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND
  • Knowledge of advanced attacker tools, techniques, and procedures (TTP)
  • Current malware campaigns TTPs
  • Experience with malware analysis
  • Experience with digital forensics tools and case procedures
  • Deep packet and log analysis
  • Knowledge of enterprise architecture including zero trust principles
  • Common phishing techniques and how to investigate them
  • Proficiency in technical writing
  • Experience in customer service or client-facing roles
  • Experience presenting and speaking to leadership
  • The ability to mentor Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts



Desired:

  • Working knowledge of regex and scripting languages is highly preferred
  • Additional relevant certifications such as those from GIAC or CompTIA
  • Experience with major cloud service provider offerings
  • Knowledge of offensive security tools and techniques
  • Experience with cyber threat intelligence gathering and analysis
  • Experience with cyber threat hunting



Clearance: Active Top Secret required. Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility preferred.



Certification: DoD 8570 IAM/IAT Level II certification. This will change to a DoD 8140 equivalent once a DISA 8140 policy is released.



Location: This is an on-site role with expectations of being on the client site in Arlington, VA five days a week.



Benefits:

• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Flexible Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and maternity/paternity leave

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