Incident Response Principal Consultant (Remote) at CrowdStrike

**Who this is for** This role is for a seasoned cybersecurity professional looking to lead high-stakes incident response investigations for Fortune 100 organiza

Work type: remote

Location: USA - Remote

Salary: $140,000 – $195,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

**Who this is for** This role is for a seasoned cybersecurity professional looking to lead high-stakes incident response investigations for Fortune 100 organizations. It is ideal for an expert who thrives in fast-paced consulting environments and wants to mentor others while hunting advanced persistent threats. **Key highlights** You will lead complex intrusion investigations, perform deep-dive host and network forensics, and provide strategic remediation advice to executive-level stakeholders. This position offers the opportunity to drive industry thought leadership through public speaking and blogging. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Have extensive experience conducting incident response investigations against sophisticated adversaries. - Possess strong technical expertise in forensic analysis across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. - Can effectively communicate complex technical findings to legal counsel and management. - Demonstrate leadership experience within a matrixed, technical consulting environment.

Job Description

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for highly motivated, self-driven, technical consultants dedicated to making a difference in global security by protecting organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world. Our CrowdStrike Services team offers opportunities to expand your skill set through a wide variety of engagements including front page incident response investigations for organizations you’ll find on the annual Fortune 100 list.

We are looking for US based candidates located in either Pacific or Mountain time.

Am I a Principal Consultant Candidate?

• Do you find yourself interested in and keeping up with the latest vulnerabilities and breaches?

• Are you self-motivated and looking for an opportunity to rapidly accelerate your skills?

• Do you crave new and innovative work that actually matters to your customer?

• Do you have an Incident Response or Information Security background that you’re not fully utilizing?

• Are you capable of leading teams and interacting with customers?

• Do you love working around like-minded, smart people who you can learn from and mentor on a daily basis?

• Lead incident response engagements

• Develop and use new methods to hunt for bad actors across large sets of data.

• Work under the direction of outside counsel to conduct intrusion investigations

• Perform host and/or network-based forensics across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

• Perform basic malware analysis.

• Produce high-quality written and verbal reports, presentations, recommendations, and findings to key stakeholders including customer management, regulators, and legal counsel .

• Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.

• Team leadership experience in a matrixed consulting environment

• Incident Response: experience conducting or managing incident response investigations for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organized Crime, and Hacktivists.

• Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.

• Network Forensic Analysis: strong knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools like Bro/Zeek or Suricata, and ability to perform analysis of associated network logs.

• Reverse Engineering: ability to understand the capabilities of static and dynamic malware analysis.

• Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.

• Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: strong understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations.

• Cloud Incident Response: knowledge in any of the following areas: AWS, Azure, GCP incident response methodologies.

• Communications: strong ability to communicate executive and/or detailed level findings to clients; ability to effectively communicate tasks, guidance, and methodology with internal teams

• Capable of completing technical tasks without supervision.

• Desire to grow and expand both technical and soft skills.

• Strong project management skills.

• Contributing thought leader within the incident response industry.

• Ability to foster a positive work environment and attitude.

• Ability to travel on short notice, up to 30% of the time.

BA or BS / MA or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Policy, or a related field. Applicants without a degree but with relevant work experience and/or training will be considered.

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This role may require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass alcohol and/or drug test(s) during the course of employment.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs 

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge  

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

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