Incident Response Analyst

Job Description

Incident Response Analysts respond to security incidents according to established policies and best practices. Incident Responders provide guidance to tier one and other first responders for the proper handling of Information Security incidents, coordinate efforts of and provide timely updates to multiple business units during response as well as provide recommendations to the units as required. The Incident Responder (IR) is a key member of the Thomson Reuters Cyber Fusion Center (CFC) responsible for analyzing, triaging, scoping, containing, providing guidance for remediation, and determining root cause of security incidents. In this role you will use data analysis, threat intelligence, and cutting-edge security technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise on incident response, forensic and malware analysis
• Primary escalation point for S OC
• Develop, document, and Implement run books, capabilities, and techniques for IR
• Perform triage and analysis on workstations, servers and network infrastructure
• Identify and analyze malware using live forensics, hard drive forensics, sandboxes and reverse engineering
• Identify indicators of compromise and apply them to the incident response process
• Perform activities necessary for immediate containment and rapid resolution of incidents
• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of the threat landscape, emerging security threats, and vulnerabilities
• Assisting in building SOC and CIRT processes, procedures, and training
• Creating and enhancing standard operating procedures and technical guides
• Assist in the creation and tuning of network and host detection signatures based on user behavior analysis and threat intelligence
• Stay abreast of current technologies, developments, security compliance requirements, standards and industry trends in order to help achieve the goals of the company
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Coordinate and drive efforts during response activities and post-mortem
• Participate in after hours on-call rotation when required
• Perform deep dive investigations to d etermine root cause of complex information security incidents
• Maintain a balance between IR and project work
• Travel 25%

Required skills –

• Experience using event escalation and reporting procedures
• Experience supporting Network Investigations.
• Understanding TCP/IP communications & knowledge of how common protocols and applications work at the network level, including DNS, HTTP, and SMB
• Understanding UNIX, Windows, Mac operating systems and command line tools
• Experience performing forensics on various OS including disk and memory
• Intermediate skills using Windows CMD line, PowerShell , and Linux Bash
• Knowledge of how the Windows file system and registry function
• Ability to learn and operate in a dynamic environment
• Ability to demonstrate analytical expertise, close attention to detail, excellent critical thinking, logic, and solution orientation and to learn and adapt quickly
• Knowledge of network monitoring, analysis, troubleshooting, and configuration control technologies
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of scripting languages used with IR and automation

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1-B, F-1 status). ​

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With more than 25,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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