Incident Response and Forensic Analyst

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧐 Analyst

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Volexity

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

🔒 Cybersecurity

💼 Consulting

Cybersecurity • Consulting

Volexity is a Washington, D. C. -based cybersecurity firm that provides both services and commercial tools to detect, investigate, and remediate advanced threats. The company offers network security monitoring, agile incident response, proactive threat assessments, and cyber threat intelligence, and publishes research on active threat actors. Volexity also develops forensic and collection tools—most notably Volcano, a cross-platform memory analysis solution, and Surge Collect, a verifiable data-collection tool used by law enforcement, incident response firms, and large organizations. Their customers include federal and local law enforcement, technology companies, telecom providers, universities, Fortune companies, and military organizations.

📋 Description

• Analyze and respond to commodity threats and complex advanced intrusions • Lead and support investigations into APT intrusions, malware infections, ransomware, unauthorized cloud access, and data breaches • Analyze systems and artifacts including memory, disk images, logs, and network data to determine root cause and impact • Collect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence across endpoints, servers, cloud environments, and network systems • Perform memory forensics and volatile data analysis • Develop and refine forensic workflows, scripts, and methodologies • Produce detailed forensic reports, executive summaries, and technical briefs • Collaborate with Network Security Monitoring, Threat Intelligence, Engineering, and client teams • Support threat hunting, compromise assessments, and M&A cybersecurity assessments • Advise clients on cybersecurity questions and overall security posture • Preserve digital evidence and communicate clear forensic findings

🎯 Requirements

• Remote (USA) • Mid-level experience; senior role may be considered for the right applicant • At least 3–5 years of hands-on experience performing digital forensics during security incidents, including evidence acquisition, preservation, and analysis • Proficiency in analyzing host and network-based artifacts, including logs, memory, disk images, and network traffic, using command-line tools and scripts • Strong knowledge of Windows, Linux, and macOS operating system internals and common attack techniques • Well versed in investigating activity in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, GCP, Azure, AWS, and OCI environments • Experience responding to complex breaches related to web applications, operating systems, embedded devices, and cloud services • Ability to understand different attack techniques and their relationship to specific forensic artifacts • Familiarity with Python and Bash scripting • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document and communicate findings to customers • Knowledge of the current threat landscape and threat actor TTPs • Ability to work both with a team and independently • Strong understanding of computer memory structure and memory forensics • Familiarity with commercial forensic platforms for Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS • Experience with EDR/XDR platforms such as SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and CrowdStrike Falcon

🏖️ Benefits

• Benefits included in total compensation discussion • Equity • Professional development budget

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