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# Senior Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist at UltraViolet Cyber

- **Company:** UltraViolet Cyber
- **Location:** Hyderabad, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/uvcyber/b287a1a5-49c4-40b6-b974-f2a151c58915

## Job description

Experience: 8–10 Years

Function: Cybersecurity – Incident Response / DFIR Role Level: Senior

## Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist with 8–10 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience to manage and investigate security incidents across enterprise environments. The candidate will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of cybersecurity incidents, including triage, investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), malware analysis, and digital forensic analysis. The role also requires strong customer-facing skills to lead incident discussions, provide regular updates, explain technical findings, and present investigation outcomes and recommendations.

## Key Responsibilities

Incident Response & Investigation

- Take end-to-end ownership of cybersecurity incidents from initial detection through closure.
- Lead investigation of Critical, High, and complex security incidents and coordinate response activities across relevant teams.
- Perform incident triage, scoping, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
- Investigate incidents involving ransomware, malware, phishing, account compromise, credential theft, data exfiltration, insider threats, web attacks, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and other advanced threats.
- Analyze security alerts and correlate information across EDR, SIEM, network, identity, cloud, email, and other security technologies.
- Develop incident timelines and determine the attack vector, affected assets, compromised accounts, attacker activity, persistence mechanisms, and overall impact.
- Identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), attacker Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and map findings to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Coordinate with SOC, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, IT, Cloud, Network, IAM, Application, Legal, and other stakeholders during major incidents. Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Perform detailed Root Cause Analysis for security incidents.
- Determine the initial attack vector, contributing factors, security/control gaps, and reasons existing preventive or detective controls did not stop or detect the activity earlier.
- Conduct post-incident reviews and lessons-learned sessions.
- Develop clear corrective and preventive actions based on investigation findings.
- Track remediation recommendations with relevant stakeholders through closure.
- Prepare comprehensive RCA reports suitable for technical teams, management, and customers. Malware Analysis
- Perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand malicious file behaviour and capabilities.
- Analyze suspicious executables, scripts, PowerShell commands, documents, URLs, and other artifacts.
- Identify malware persistence mechanisms, command-and-control activity, network indicators, file-system changes, registry modifications, and related behaviors.
- Extract IOCs and behavioral indicators for threat hunting and detection engineering.
- Perform malware sandboxing and behavioral analysis where required.
- Provide recommendations for detection, containment, and prevention based on malware-analysis findings. Digital Forensics
- Perform digital forensic investigations on endpoints and other relevant systems.
- Analyze Windows/Linux artifacts, event logs, file systems, registry artifacts, browser artifacts, authentication logs, memory artifacts, and other forensic evidence.
- Perform disk and memory analysis where required.
- Collect and preserve digital evidence following appropriate forensic procedures and chain-of-custody requirements.
- Build forensic timelines and reconstruct attacker activities.
- Determine the scope and impact of compromise using forensic evidence.
- Document forensic findings clearly and maintain investigation evidence appropriately. Customer & Stakeholder Management
- Act as a key technical point of contact for customers during cybersecurity incidents.
- Lead incident calls and communicate investigation progress, impact, containment status, risks, and next steps.
- Provide timely and accurate incident updates to customers and internal leadership.
- Translate complex technical investigation findings into clear business-level communication.
- Manage customer expectations during high-severity and time-sensitive incidents.
- Present RCA and forensic investigation findings to customers and senior stakeholders.
- Handle technical questions and confidently explain investigation methodology, evidence, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Coordinate with multiple internal and customer teams to drive incidents toward timely resolution. Incident Reporting & Documentation
- Prepare detailed incident investigation reports, including: o    Executive summary o    Incident timeline o    Scope and impact o    Root cause o    Attack vector o    IOCs and TTPs o    Investigation findings o    Containment and remediation actions o    Control gaps o    Corrective and preventive recommendations o    Lessons learned
- Maintain accurate incident records, evidence, investigation notes, and supporting documentation.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of Incident Response playbooks, SOPs, investigation procedures, and escalation processes. Required Technical Skills The candidate should have strong hands-on experience in:
- Cybersecurity Incident Response / DFIR
- Security Incident Investigation
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Digital Forensics
- Malware Analysis
- Threat Hunting
- Endpoint and Network Investigation
- Windows and Linux Forensics
- Disk and Memory Analysis
- Log Analysis and Timeline Reconstruction
- IOC and TTP Analysis
- MITRE ATT&CK Framework
- SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, or similar
- EDR/XDR platforms such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne, Cortex XDR, or similar
- Network security technologies including Firewall, IDS/IPS, Proxy, DNS, VPN, and WAF
- Cloud security investigation across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments
- Identity and authentication-related investigations
- Email and phishing investigations
- Forensic and malware-analysis tools such as Volatility, Autopsy, FTK, EnCase, Wireshark, Sysinternals, YARA, Ghidra, IDA, or equivalent tools
- Scripting/automation using Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies would be an advantage. Required Experience
- 8–10 years of overall cybersecurity experience, with significant hands-on experience in Incident Response, DFIR, SOC, Threat Hunting, or related security domains.
- Demonstrated experience independently handling complex and high-severity cybersecurity incidents.
- Strong experience conducting RCA and presenting investigation findings.
- Hands-on experience with malware and forensic investigations.
- Experience handling customer-facing security incidents and leading technical/customer incident calls.
- Experience coordinating investigations involving multiple technical and business teams.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure during Critical/High-severity incidents.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Communication & Leadership Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong customer-facing and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to lead incident bridges/calls during critical incidents.
- Strong documentation and report-writing skills.
- Ability to take ownership, make investigation decisions, and drive incidents to closure.
- Ability to mentor junior Incident Response/SOC analysts and provide technical guidance during investigations.

## About UltraViolet Cyber

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: UltraViolet Cyber is a tech-enabled managed security services provider that unifies offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations to protect Global 2000 and Federal Government customers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A in 2017; Private Equity round in 2023)
- **Headquarters**: McLean, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (earliest known funding round: 2017)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (leadership includes CEO Ira Goldstein and President/COO Atif Ghauri)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity (Managed Security Services Provider, MSSP)
- **Target customers**: Global 2000 enterprises and U.S. Federal Government agencies (B2B, Enterprise, Government)
- **Mission**: "To enable secure, resilient operations so our customers can serve, innovate, and lead with confidence."

## Products & Services
- **UV Lens**: Flagship security-as-a-service solution that removes operational silos and integrates security capabilities (SaaS/Managed Service).
- **Managed Detection & Response (MDR)**: 24/7 threat monitoring and response (Service).
- **SOC as-a-Service**: Outsourced Security Operations Center (Service).
- **Continuous Penetration Testing**: Ongoing offensive security assessments (Service).
- **Continuous Threat Exposure Management**: Proactive vulnerability identification and prioritization (Service).
- **Dedicated Defense**: Custom, dedicated security teams for clients (Service).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $4.1M (one Series A round in 2017 and one Private Equity round in 2023)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly named (one investor in the 2023 PE round); acquired Black Duck’s Application Security Testing Services Business.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Ranked #2642 on Inc. 5000 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
  - Ranked #19 on MSSP Alert's Top 250 MSSPs.
  - 509 employees (as of mid-2026) with offices in McLean (HQ), Lehi (UT), Phoenix (AZ), Hyderabad (India), and remote workers in UK and Canada.
  - 52,000+ LinkedIn followers with monthly growth of +1.1%.
  - Active job postings: 34 (monthly increase of +9.7%).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-to-market unified security operations**: Combines red (offensive) and blue (defensive) teams under one platform – the "UltraViolet" approach.
- **Founding pedigree**: Led by cybersecurity experts trained by the NSA and Federal Government, giving deep intelligence community expertise.
- **Security-as-code platform**: Delivers integrated capabilities through a potent, automated platform rather than siloed tools.
- **Customer base**: Serves Global 2000 and Federal clients, indicating high trust and stringent compliance requirements.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling the unified security operations model, expanding tech-enabled managed services, and deepening partnerships with enterprise and government clients.
- **Innovation in delivery**: Custom solutions and innovative delivery models to disrupt the traditional MSSP market.
- **Growth direction**: Continued hiring (34 open roles across engineering, sales, consulting) and geographic expansion (notably in India and UK).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Growing community of professionals passionate about cybersecurity, innovation, accountability, consistency, and a strong will to win." Emphasis on transparency, collaboration, and delivery excellence.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid and remote options available (roles in Lehi, UT; Salt Lake City; Bluemont, VA; Hyderabad, India; and fully remote positions for engineers and consultants).
- **Benefits**: Excellent benefits, compensation, training, 401k, and paid time off. Career advancement opportunities through dynamic project work.
- **Engineering culture**: Hands-on with cutting-edge security tech; teams include red team consultants, cloud security engineers, SOC analysts, and DevOps engineers.
- **Salary examples** (from Indeed): Cloud Security Engineer $100k–$150k, Associate Principal Red Team Consultant $165k–$195k, SOC Analyst ~$101k, Security Engineer ~$142k.

## Sources
1. [uvcyber.com/careers](https://www.uvcyber.com/careers)
2. [uvcyber.com/about](https://www.uvcyber.com/about)
3. [linkedin.com/company/uvcyber](https://linkedin.com/company/uvcyber)
4. [indeed.com/cmp/Ultraviolet-Cyber](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Ultraviolet-Cyber)

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