Incident Response Analyst (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote. The role requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.

Salary: USD 100,000–125,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides cybersecurity and technology solutions supporting national security and critical civilian missions.

What you will do

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity incidents affecting systems, networks, or data.
• Analyze security alerts, identify threats, conduct forensic investigations, and implement containment, eradication, and recovery measures.
• Perform root cause analysis, threat analysis, vulnerability assessments, and post-incident reviews.
• Collaborate with security teams, IT personnel, government staff, clients, business stakeholders, and auditors.
• Document incidents, develop response procedures, strengthen security controls, and improve IR processes.
• Author clear reports and review team submissions for quality assurance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of incident response experience.
• Experience handling and responding to APT or FIN actors and cloud-based threats in an incident response capacity.
• Experience working directly with clients in a professional manner.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender EDR and knowledge of SOC best practices.
• Ability to work with government staff on process improvements and with auditors to resolve identified IR process issues.
• Ability to author clear, robust reports and review and ensure the quality of team member submissions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with Splunk, GitHub, or Archer.
• Ability to review junior analysts’ work and provide feedback for growth.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work environment with a culture centered on collaboration, integrity, humility, continuous improvement, and strong work ethic.
• Health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability, retirement benefits, and learning and development opportunities, depending on position.