What are the responsibilities and job description for the Incident Response & Forensics Analyst position at V Group Inc.?
Direct Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Job Title: Incident Response & Forensics Analyst
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Remote with Occasional visit to NYC
Position Type: Contract
Hours Per Week: 40 Hr
Interview Type: In-person or Webcam
Ceipal ID: MTA_SECU653_MA
Job ID: 4653-1
*PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION WILL ALLOW CONSULTANT TO WORK REMOTELY. HOWEVER, AS A Security Threat Intelligence, DUTIES WILL OCCASSIONALLY NECESSITATE CONSULTANT TO WORK ONSITE. THEREFORE, WILL BE CRITICAL FOR THE CONSULTANT TO BE LOCAL TO NYC AND ABLE TO TRAVEL TO OUR OFFICE WITHOUT ISSUE, AS NEEDED (AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE).
Incident Response & Forensics
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking a highly technical Incident Response & Forensics Specialist. This position is a part of the IT Threat Intelligence group within the Cyber Security Operations Center and will be expected to provide direct support to the 24/7 Cyber Security Monitoring group as needed. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Serving as a primary point of contact for MTA CSOC & MSSP Cybersecurity Incident escalations
• Interfaces directly with vendors & third parties for notified/observed compromises
• Forensics on memory, disks, and logs
• Malware analysis (dynamic & static)
• Involvement in full incident response lifecycle
• Processes evidence in accordance with Chain of Custody
• Creates Incident reports to brief to executive management
• Provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents
• Assist the Threat Intelligence group in other functions including
o Threat Intelligence / Threat Hunting
o Threat Readiness
o Cyber Content Engineering & Automation
Skills:
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong experience with digital forensic tools
• Strong understanding and analysis of code such as Powershell, PERL, Python
• Cybersecurity certifications (preferred)
• Experience with OT & PCI technologies (preferred)
Minimum requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Services, or IT Security related field –Or- A satisfactory equivalent with at least 3 years of IT-Security experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience Tier 1 & 2 support for cyber security operation center.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with performing incident response functions & investigations
V Group Inc. is an IT Services company which supplies IT staffing, project management, and delivery services in software, network, help desk and all IT areas. Our primary focus is the public sector including state and federal contracts. We have multiple awards/contracts with the following states: AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, MD, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, and WA. If you are considering applying for a position with V Group, or in partnering with us on a position, please feel free to contact me for any questions you may have regarding our services and the advantages we can offer you as a consultant.
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