Technical Lead, Incident Response

TL;DR

Technical Lead, Incident Response: Deploying incident response expertise in a senior delivery role across incident response services with an accent on leading technical incident response from first contact through to closure. Focus on overseeing host- and network-based incident response investigations and developing and sharing domain expertise.

Location: Cyber Security Cape Town

Company

hirify.global is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy.

What you will do

• Lead technical incident response from first contact through to closure, acting as the primary technical resource on response cases.
• Oversee host- and network-based incident response investigations, including triage, system recovery, technical evidence collection, and forensics.
• Conduct log, malware, and root cause analyses.
• Develop and share domain expertise with the wider team through internal initiatives and programs.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24X7X365 client incident coverage.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in a technical cyber security role.
• An investigative mindset with comfort solving problems with limited information and guidance.
• Demonstrable knowledge of cyber threat actors, and their tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Comfortable using scripting to solve cyber security problems.
• Ability to communicate technical findings for a non-technical audience in a professional setting.
• Must have permission to work in South Africa by the start of employment.

Nice to have

• Relevant industry certifications such as GCFE, GCFA, EnCE, CFSR, CISSP, GREM, CCNA, MCFE, OSCP, Network+ and Security+.

Culture & Benefits

• 23 days holiday per year in addition to public holidays (+1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 30 days in total).
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours.
• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combined), and financial education.
• Life Insurance 4X annual salary.
• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year.
• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay; Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.
• Various Health and Medical Benefits including Medical Aid, EAP program, and free access to a mindfulness app.

Hiring process

• Initial screening of your application by our recruiting team.
• An interview to assess your baseline technical skills.
• An interview to discuss your previous experience and broader competencies.
• A final interview to determine alignment with the role.