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Sr Incident Handler

WarCollar Industries, LLC
Mc Lean, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026
Job Description

  • Performs actions in response to identified cyber intrusions
  • Determines appropriate course of action in response to identified cyber security attacks or anomalous network activity
  • Performs advanced analysis to include forensic seizures of hardware, malware triage and dynamic analysis, and determination of the scope of compromise during a cyber attack
  • Communicates with stakeholders and leaders to ensure cyber incidents are managed appropriately
  • Acts as incident command during small scale cyber-attacks and cyber response subject matter expert during large scale attacks
  • Recommend enterprise countermeasures based on threat trends
  • Prepares detailed recommendations for network defense improvements to close or mitigate cyber incidents

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Required Skills

  • Network and Host malware detection and prevention
  • Network and Host forensic tools
  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Network Detection and Response (NDR)
  • Sysmon, audit, Windows Security Event Log analysis
  • Web/Email gateway security technologies
  • Experience with Splunk, Windows PowerShell, or similar technologies
  • NetFlow and Full Packet Capture solutions
  • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
  • Network Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
  • Host Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
  • AWS, Azure, GCP incident response

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About WarCollar Industries

About us:

WarCollar Industries, LLC is a veteran-owned small business. We maintain a team of cybersecurity experts committed to protecting complicated data and distribution systems and providing decision makers with the most accurate assessment of residual risk possible. We work with our clients to solve the toughest challenges in the ever-evolving digital landscape. Services include network defense, computer network attack, secure network design, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment. WarCollar enables its clients to find, fix, stop, and ultimately solve cybersecurity problems across their entire enterprise.

WarCollar offers generous benefits including: Medical insurance premium coverage; PTO based on billable hours; federal holidays plus your birthday; matching 401k, education reimbursement plus paid training days; performance bonuses; referral bonuses; government shutdown protection; monthly team building events plus two major social events annually.

WarCollar Industries, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. WarCollar does not discriminate in employment based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, status as a protected military veteran, or other non-merit factor.

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