Senior Consultant – Enterprise Incident Management

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About the role

  • Enterprise incident consultant leading digital forensics, threat hunting, and cyber investigations for Optiv. Delivering incident response engagements and client advisory services across Canada.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and independently deliver complex Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Threat Hunting, Compromise Assessment, and Incident Readiness engagements
  • Serve as primary technical lead and client-facing advisor during cybersecurity incidents
  • Act as technical escalation point for complex investigations, forensic analysis, and threat hunting
  • Lead evidence collection, preservation, forensic analysis, threat scoping, root cause analysis, and remediation planning
  • Conduct proactive security engagements including Incident Response Plan development, Playbook development, Readiness Assessments, Tabletop Exercises, and maturity reviews
  • Lead threat hunting and compromise assessments using endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and security telemetry
  • Develop and present technical findings, executive briefings, remediation recommendations, and final engagement reports
  • Lead engagement planning, project execution, and client communications
  • Perform peer review and quality assurance of reports, deliverables, and investigative findings
  • Mentor Associate Consultants and Consultants through technical coaching and knowledge transfer
  • Contribute to service offerings, methodologies, automation, detection content, and operational process improvements
  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge through research, industry participation, training, and continuous education
  • Obtain and maintain relevant industry certifications
  • Complete administrative project tasks including time entry, expense reporting, status reporting, utilization tracking, and project completion activities
  • Contribute to Optiv communities, knowledge-sharing, thought leadership, and innovation efforts

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and approximately 5-8 years of related cybersecurity, digital forensics, incident response, threat hunting, or consulting experience
  • Minimum 5 years of hands-on incident response experience, including containment, eradication, recovery, digital forensics, root cause analysis, and remediation
  • Experience leading cybersecurity investigations and client-facing consulting engagements
  • Experience developing and conducting Incident Response Plans, Playbooks, Tabletop Exercises, Readiness Assessments, and Security Program Maturity Assessments
  • Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS technologies, and cloud networking
  • Strong understanding of Windows, Linux, macOS, virtualization platforms, cloud environments, Active Directory, Entra ID, and enterprise identity technologies
  • Experience with digital forensics, EDR, SIEM, and investigative platforms including Velociraptor, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, Carbon Black, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, X-Ways, FTK, EnCase, Volatility, Tools, and KAPE
  • Knowledge of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures and familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and NIST Incident Response guidance
  • Understanding of PCI DSS, GLBA, HIPAA, NIST, State Data Privacy Laws, and other industry-specific frameworks
  • Strong written, presentation, and communication skills
  • Ability to build trusted advisor relationships and collaborate across teams and disciplines
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and client engagements simultaneously
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment during high-pressure incident response situations
  • Ability to travel 25-40% of the time to client sites
  • Ability to respond onsite in a 24/7/365 environment and willingness to work evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday hours
  • Preferred certifications include GCFE, GCIH, ECIH, and CCFE

Benefits

  • Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through Employee Resource Groups
  • Work/life balance
  • Professional training resources
  • Volunteer opportunities through “Optiv Chips In”
  • Ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)
  • Variable incentive-based bonus plan eligibility
  • Comprehensive compensation and benefits package

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$116,600 - $159,900 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CloudCyber SecurityDNSFirewallsLinuxMacOSSplunkTCP/IP

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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