We are seeking a Incident Response Specialist to join one of our international clients in the financial services industry for a long term freelance opportunity.
You will be an experienced incident responder with a proven track record in high pressure situations on high impact incidents. Your role will combine technical expertise, analytical skills, and knowledge of security frameworks to lead, respond to and investigate high impact security incidents.
Your responsibilities include:
* You will lead and manage high-impact cybersecurity incidents.
* Act as the primary technical escalation point for SOC and Incident Response teams.
* Perform advanced incident triage, root cause analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery.
* Develop, maintain, and continuously improve incident response playbooks, runbooks, and procedures.
Required Skills & Experience:
* 7+ years of experience in an Incident Response role or similar.
* Experience with security incident management in a SOC, CSIRT or IT environment.
* Deep knowledge of incident response frameworks.
* Strong hands-on experience with EDR/XDR, SIEM, and security monitoring platforms.
* Experience with SOAR platforms and security automation.
Offering:
* A strategic and high-impact opportunity within a mature security organisation
* Ownership of complex incident response activities
* Opportunities to influence security strategy and resilience
* Flexible working - 2 days per week in the office (3 days remote)
* Long term freelance contract + extensions
If you are interested, please apply or feel free to reach out on:
📩 Riley@kodastaff.com