Incident Response Lead Analyst

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What you need to have to succeed in this role

• An understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt and efficient service to the business.
• An understanding of organisational mission, values and goals and consistent application of this knowledge.
• Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.
• An ability to perform independent analysis of complex problems and distill relevant findings and root causes.
• An ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily-understood, authoritative and actionable manner.
• A team-focused mentality with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and possessing of a high sense of urgency and personal integrity.
• Highest ethical standards and values.
• Good understanding of HSBC cyber security principles, global financial services business models, regional compliance regulations and applicable laws.
• Good understanding and knowledge of common industry cyber security frameworks, standards and methodologies, including; OWASP, ISO2700x series, PCI DSS, GLBA, EU data security and privacy acts, FFIEC guidelines, CIS and NIST standards.
• Proven ability and experience of working in a high-pressure, fast paced environment where bold, time critical decision making is essential
• Proven experience in identifying and responding to advanced attacker methodologies both within the corporate environment as well as external attack infrastructures, ideally with offensive experience and / or deception environment development (tripwire systems, honeypots, honey-token/accounts, etc. ) using open source, vendor purchased and bespoke/in-house developed solutions.
• Proven experience in crisis management, crisis response frameworks and communications. Ability to produce complex reports containing technical information, communicating this clearly to a non-technical audience.
• Experience producing forensic analysis reports, detailing findings of the analysis and clearly documenting processes and techniques employed.
• Ability to speak, read and write in English.

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:

• Online behavioural test
• Telephone screen
• Job interview with the hiring manager

Technical Skills

• Excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience of common cybersecurity technologies such as; IDS / IPS / HIPS, Advanced Anti-malware prevention and analysis, Firewalls, Proxies, MSS, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of common network protocols such as TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, IPSEC, HTTP, etc. and network protocol analysis suits.
• Excellent knowledge of common enterprise technology infrastructure, platforms and tooling, including; Windows, Linux, infrastructure management and networking hardware.
• Excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience in common cybersecurity incident response and forensic investigation tools such as: EnCase, FTK, Sleuthkit, Kali Linux, IDA Pro, DEFT, SANS SIFT, etc.
• Very good knowledge and demonstrated experience in analysis and dissection of advanced attacker tactics, techniques and procedures in order to inform adjustments to the control plane.
• Very good knowledge and demonstrated experience of common log management suites, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, use of 'Big Data' and Cloud-based solution for the collection and real-time analysis of security information
• Good knowledge of common mobile platforms, such as Blackberry, iOS, Android and Windows.
• Good knowledge of scripting, programming and/or development of bespoke tooling or solutions to solve unique problems.
• Some knowledge and technical experience of 3rd party cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure and Google.

Industry Experience and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in incident response and/or computer forensics
• Extensive experience within an enterprise scale organisation; including hands-on experience of complex data centre environments, preferably in the finance or similarly regulated sector
• Industry recognised certifications including, but not limited to; CEH, CRISC, GSEC, GCIA, and/or CISSP.
• Industry recognised cyber security related certifications, reflecting forensics competence and associated tooling. You should have at least one core forensics certification and/or one associated tooling certification from the list below or similar industry recognised accreditation/experience:
• Core forensics certifications: GCFA, GNFA, GASF, GCFE, CCE, GCIH, CFSR, CHFI
• Tooling certification: EnCE, CBE, ACE, CCPA

Some careers shine brighter than others.

If you're looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

• An understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt and efficient service to the business.
• An understanding of organisational mission, values and goals and consistent application of this knowledge.
• Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.
• An ability to perform independent analysis of complex problems and distill relevant findings and root causes.
• An ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily-understood, authoritative and actionable manner.
• A team-focused mentality with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and possessing of a high sense of urgency and personal integrity.
• Highest ethical standards and values.
• Good understanding of HSBC cyber security principles, global financial services business models, regional compliance regulations and applicable laws.
• Good understanding and knowledge of common industry cyber security frameworks, standards and methodologies, including; OWASP, ISO2700x series, PCI DSS, GLBA, EU data security and privacy acts, FFIEC guidelines, CIS and NIST standards.
• Proven ability and experience of working in a high-pressure, fast paced environment where bold, time critical decision making is essential
• Proven experience in identifying and responding to advanced attacker methodologies both within the corporate environment as well as external attack infrastructures, ideally .