DFIR AnalystDigital Forensics & Incident Response / Threat Hunting / Cyber Analytics / Outside IR35 / Fully Remote / £550–£600 pd / ASAP Start / 6 MonthsSR2 has partnered with a cutting-edge Cybersecurity MSP delivering critical threat detection and incident response capabilities to a number of global financial clients.You’ll be part of a dynamic DFIR team tasked with identifying, analysing, and responding to security incidents, proactively hunting for advanced threats, and contributing to the enhancement of threat detection strategies.Key Responsibilities
- Incident Response – Detect, document, and resolve security incidents efficiently
- Endpoint Forensics – Analyse host-based artifacts to reconstruct timelines and attacker activity
- Security Analytics – Extract meaningful insights from large datasets for reporting, detection, and hunting
- Threat Hunting – Identify unknown threats that evade traditional controls
- Intrusion Detection – Tune anomaly detection tools for reliable, actionable output
- Behavioral Analysis – Implement user anomaly detection criteria to spot insider threats
- Countermeasures – Design and implement control strategies to disrupt emerging threats
Required Skills & Relevant experience
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux environments
- Experience with network security, packet analysis, and host-level forensics
- Comfortable working with large datasets, logs, and SIEM platforms for threat detection
- Capable of building timelines and performing forensic reconstruction
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Contract Details:
- Outside IR35
- Fully Remote (Must be UK based)
- Must be UK based
- 6 Months
- £600 per day
- ASAP Start
- 1-stage interview process
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