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GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.
General Description
The DFIR Consultant is a core technical contributor within GuidePoint Security’s Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Practice. Working under the guidance of Senior and Principal Consultants, the DFIR Consultant performs investigations across a range of engagement types, produces clear and accurate analysis, and communicates findings effectively to clients while continuing to build depth across core DFIR disciplines.
The DFIR Practice performs reactive incident response investigations, forensic investigations, proactive threat discovery and threat hunting, and Purple Team exercises (as Blue Team in collaboration with the GuidePoint Red Team). In this role you will apply your technical skills, creativity, and adaptability to deliver results to clients across a variety of sectors.
About the DFIR & Threat Intelligence Practice
The DFIR & Threat Intelligence Practice helps organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents, turning front-line experience into intelligence that keeps clients ahead of the threat. Six specialized teams work as one across the full arc of an incident, from readiness planning through response, recovery, and threat research. We partner with client security and legal teams, cyber insurance carriers, breach counsel, and GuidePoint’s regional and sales organizations to cut dwell time and limit business impact.
The six teams:
DFIR (Digital Forensics & Incident Response) — Breach investigation, forensics, containment, and eradication when an incident is confirmed or suspected.
IRA (Incident Response Advisory) — Readiness before an incident: IR planning, tabletop exercises, Blue Team enablement, and program maturity assessments.
GRIT (GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team) — Original threat research and intelligence that drives our investigations, Threat Actor communications, TI advisory, and as-a-Service capabilities.
SD (Strategic Delivery) — Delivery management that keeps engagements staffed, on track, and consistent.
R&R (Recovery & Restoration) — Post-incident rebuild that returns clients to safe, operational environments.
Insurance & Counsel — The bridge to carriers and breach counsel through the claims and legal side of an incident.
What sets us apart: one integrated practice carries a client through the whole lifecycle with no hand-off gaps, including the demanding parts of an engagement that most providers cannot cover in-house, from GRIT’s Threat Actor communications and negotiation support to R&R’s full environment restoration and coordination with insurers and counsel. GRIT’s research feeds live investigations so our response reflects how adversaries operate now, and established carrier and counsel relationships make GuidePoint a trusted partner across the incident response community.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Technical Execution & Engagement Delivery
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Client & Practice Contribution
Engagement & Availability Expectations
The DFIR Consultant is held to a high standard for availability, initiative, and ownership. This includes:
Required Experience and Education:
Preferred Experience and Education
Travel Requirements:
Up to 20% travel
Physical Requirements:
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Why GuidePoint?
GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,300 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 6,200 customers.
Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.
This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.
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