# Senior Incident Response Analyst at Sophos

- Company: Sophos
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Remote
- Location: India · Remote
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Security
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-11-10
- Skills: MDR and Security Operations
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sophos/b6823e57-b9e9-41e9-9545-114aea10ae13

## Description

Role Summary

Sophos is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Incident Response Analyst to support Managed Detection and Response (MDR) customers and managed service providers (MSPs) within the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT).  

As a Senior Incident Response Analyst, you will lead the investigative execution of active cyber incidents, working directly with customers and MSPs to investigate, contain, and support remediation efforts. Utilizing Sophos technologies, you will work with both large and small organizations across multiple countries and levels of technical maturity. This is a fast-paced role that requires the ability to make quick context-based decisions to disrupt adversary activity.



What You Will Do

 - Utilize Sophos technologies to investigate, contain, and respond to cyber incidents

 - Mentor incident response analysts and MDR operations analysts by providing technical guidance, review, and escalation support

 - Perform advanced incident response analysis to identify initial access, persistence, and lateral movement to contain and remediate threats

 - Support MDR customers and MSPs by conducting phone calls and joining meetings to discuss cyber incidents, while often providing priority recommendations to contain, neutralize, and remediate

 - Conduct analysis of cyber incidents for malware, ransomware, and other common attack types

 - Maintain accurate and detailed documentation for analysis performed during cyber incidents

 - Work closely with internal SophosLabs, Detection Engineering, and Threat Hunting teams to continuously expand and 

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