Junior Incident Response Analyst

Junior Incident Response Analyst

Junior Incident Response Analyst

Poznań

Join a team that supports clients in detecting, investigating and responding to cybersecurity incidents. In this role, you will carry out operational incident response activities in accordance with established procedures and playbooks, maintain accurate case documentation and promptly escalate incidents requiring senior expertise. You will gain hands-on experience in analysing cyber threats, containing incidents and supporting the safe recovery of affected systems.

EY.AI – in this role, you will work in an environment where AI agents are part of the team and everyday project delivery. You will use solutions tailored to your role and team that support data analysis, recommendation generation and solution design.

Your scope of duties

• Analyse alerts generated by SIEM, EDR/XDR, email security, IAM, firewall and cloud security tools;
• Perform alert triage and determine whether an event constitutes a security incident;
• Assess the severity and scope of incidents, identify affected assets and evaluate the potential business impact;
• Collect and analyse logs, endpoint artefacts, account activity, IP addresses, domains, file hashes and process information;
• Identify indicators of compromise, including suspicious logins, processes, files, domains and network connections;
• Perform containment actions, such as isolating hosts, blocking indicators of compromise, suspending accounts and resetting passwords;
• Support eradication and recovery activities by verifying that threats have been removed and systems have been safely restored;
• Build incident timelines and maintain complete case documentation;
• Perform root cause analysis and identify information required for further investigation;
• Contribute to updates of incident response playbooks, knowledge base articles and lessons learned documentation;
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response exercises, where applicable.

Our requirements

• Basic knowledge of digital forensics and evidence preservation;
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, computer networks, operating systems and authentication mechanisms;
• Familiarity with SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewalls, proxies, IAM platforms and log analysis tools;
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash or Python;
• Understanding of common attack techniques, including phishing, credential theft, malware, brute-force attacks, lateral movement and privilege escalation;
• Basic knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and the incident response lifecycle;
• Basic understanding of cloud environments, including IAM, logging, compute, storage and networking.

What we offer

• Professional and financial support in obtaining recognised qualifications and certificates;
• EY Badges – global certification of your competencies and the opportunity to earn an MBA from the prestigious Hult International School of Business;
• Career Counselor – professional, one-to-one guidance on career building and development;
• Psycho-educational platform – a package of free consultations with specialists in the broad field of mental health and personal development, as well as access to educational activities;
• Benefit programme offering private healthcare with additional preventive examinations, life insurance, tickets, team sports, a language learning platform, sports cards and much more, available both online and offline.

Recruitment stages

1. Apply. If this is your first application, create a profile and upload your CV.
2. Let’s talk. You will meet Talent Acquisition experts and members of your future team.

Benefits:

sharing the costs of sports activities

sharing the costs of foreign language classes

sharing the costs of professional training & courses

life insurance

remote work opportunities

flexible working time

fruits

integration events

corporate sports team

mobile phone available for private use

charity initiatives

video games at work

family picnics

leisure zone

sharing the costs of tickets to the movies, theater

baby layette

christmas gifts

employee referral program

opportunity to obtain permits and licenses

and many more

Benefits:

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• life insurance
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• fruits
• integration events
• corporate sports team
• mobile phone available for private use
• charity events
• video games at work
• leisure zone
• sharing the costs of tickets to the movies, theater
• baby layette
• christmas gifts
• employee referral program
• family picnics

About EY Poland

We are a global consulting firm - helping businesses, organizations and communities make the most of their potential. Our audit, consulting, legal, strategy, tax and transaction teams ask the non-obvious questions to find new answers to the complex challenges facing the world today.

We employ more than 390,000 exceptional people in over 150 countries around the world. In Poland there are over 7,000 of us, working in: Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Rzeszow and Wroclaw.

We create amazing things together every day. We have the people, the development path and the training to help you grow fast, gaining experience on successive projects.

We care about the environment - not just the business. As part of our plan, we have reduced our global greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from a 2019 baseline.

EY is an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity in the knowledge and experience of our community. We operate the 'Level Up Without Barriers' program, which supports employees with disabilities to achieve their career ambitions and dreams.

EY provides all applicants with equal opportunities in the recruitment process, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.