Cyber Security Consultant - Incident Response Forensics Specialist

Job Title: Cyber Security Consultant Incident Response & Forensics Specialist
Duration: 9 Months contract
Location: 2 Broadway NY
Client: MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority
RATE: $6570/HRJob Notes: looking for someone with reverse engineering malware code and strong digital forensics Incident Response and DFIR experience.Job Description:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking a highly technical Incident Response & Forensics Specialist. This position is a part of the IT Threat Intelligence group within the Cyber Security Operations Center and will be expected to provide direct support to the 24/7 Cyber Security Monitoring group as needed.The responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Serving as a primary point of contact for MTA CSOC & MSSP Cybersecurity Incident escalations
Interfaces directly with vendors & third parties for notified/observed compromises
Forensics on memory disks and logs
Malware analysis (dynamic & static)
Involvement in full incident response lifecycle
Processes evidence in accordance with Chain of Custody
Creates Incident reports to brief to executive management
Provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents
Assist the Threat Intelligence group in other functions including o Threat Intelligence / Threat Hunting o Threat Readiness o Cyber Content Engineering & AutomationSkills:
Excellent communication skills
Strong experience with digital forensic tools
Strong understanding and analysis of code such as Powershell PERL Python
Cybersecurity certifications (preferred)
Experience with OT & PCI technologies (preferred)Minimum requirements:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Services or IT Security related field Or A satisfactory equivalent with at least 3 years of ITSecurity experience.
Minimum of 3 years of experience Tier 1 & 2 support for cyber security operation center.
Minimum of 3 years experience with performing incident response functions & investigations.Additional Skills and Information:
Candidate must possess adequate skills with multiple programming languages and must demonstrate that they can reverse engineer malware code. The Candidate must have experience in Cyber Security Incident Response. Must be proficient with UNIX Windows OSX and Mobile Devices. Candidate must be proficient with the administration of Office365 and all its security features.