Cybersecurity Incident Investigator

## Cybersecurity Incident InvestigatorApply:
Fully Remote:
All Cities - Canada:
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R-71398**Who We Are**At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses.
We are at the heart of progress;
with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.**The Role**In CIO Incident Response & Forensics at Kyndryl, you will be critical in investigating and safeguarding our mission-critical enterprise environments. Your role will be to conduct deep-dive, end-to-end cybersecurity investigations—specifically across high-stakes cloud, identity, and hybrid systems—ensuring complex security events are thoroughly investigated, contained, and resolved.Unlike a traditional security operations role focused on alert triage, you will lead comprehensive investigations into advanced threats, including malware and ransomware, credential theft, business email compromise (BEC), insider threats, and potential data exposure. Operating from anywhere in Canada in a flexible remote model, you will examine evidence across multiple platforms, determine root cause and initial access vectors, assess business and compliance risks, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.Your investigative prowess will be put to the test piecing together attack timelines from raw technical evidence, evaluating impact beyond technical alerts, and delivering defensible root-cause determinations to keep our environments resilient, secure, and compliant.At Kyndryl, we are committed to operational excellence and protecting vital digital assets. As a Cybersecurity Incident Investigator, you will be an integral part of that mission. If you are passionate about digital forensics, solving complex security puzzles, and want to be part of a collaborative team defending critical infrastructure—then this role is for you.**Your Future at Kyndryl**Kyndryl's focus on innovative IT and security solutions means that in CIO Incident Response & Forensics, you will work with modern threat detection and forensic technologies while enjoying clear paths to grow your skills. You will collaborate with cross-functional technical teams, executive leaders, and regulatory stakeholders across Canada to lead high-visibility investigations and uphold the highest standards of operational resilience.**Who You Are**You are good at what you do and possess the required investigative experience to prove it. Equally important, you bring a curious mindset, dedication to digital integrity, and strong communication skills to articulate technical findings to both technical peers and business leadership.**Required Skills and Experience*** **Must hold, or be strictly eligible to obtain and maintain, a Government of Canada Security Clearance (Level 2 - Secret / Protected B). Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.*** **Proven track record and hands-on experience in cybersecurity incident response (IR), digital forensics, or complex security investigations (end-to-end investigation, not basic alert triage).*** Strong technical expertise with identity and access architectures, specifically Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Active Directory, and hybrid cloud security.* Solid investigative foundation analyzing SIEM telemetry, forensic artifacts, network data, and operating system internals across both Windows and Linux.* Proven ability to establish defensible sequence-of-events attack timelines, initial access vectors, and root-cause determinations.* Strong experience assessing business risk, regulatory implications, and confidentiality impact alongside pure technical severity.* Demonstrated capability to produce clear, executive-ready investigation reports and brief non-technical stakeholders during high-severity events.* Ability to work effectively and autonomously in a remote, distributed team across Canadian time zones.
**Preferred Skills and Experience*** Relevant industry certifications (e.G., GIAC GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, GNFA, or CISSP).* Hands-on experience with enterprise forensic tooling (e.G., Velociraptor, FTK, EnCase, Volatility, KAPE) and modern EDR/XDR platforms.* Practical understanding of threat intelligence and mapping attacker behaviors via frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.*Salary: $118,700 - $168,700 CAD**The above represents Kyndryl’s pay range for this role.**Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role.
The range provided reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting.
Kyndryl’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards.*
This position requires the employee to work on a regular basis with Kyndryl stakeholders located in other Canadian provinces, the United States, or internationally where English is the common language, making knowledge of the English language a requirement for this position in addition to fluency in French.#J-18808-Ljbffr