# Senior Consultant - FortiGuard Incident Response — Fortinet

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Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 29,400 to 58,800 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-03-23
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## Description

We are looking for a Senior Consultant – FortiGuard Incident Response to work in a dynamic and exciting new position reporting to the Director of Operations for FortiGuard Security Consulting Services. The analyst will work directly with members of a world class incident response and forensics team. Our team is comprised of individuals with strong knowledge in malware hunting and analysis, reverse engineering, multiple scripting languages, forensics and threat actors TTPs . In this very hands-on customer facing role the consultant’s main objective is to lead and manage the incident response engagements and train/mentor other security consultants. Leveraging your in-depth understanding of the threat actors’ tactics, techniques, procedures and tools as well as our flagship FortiEDR tooling you will need to quickly glean situational awareness to provide guidance to the team members as well as to the client. In addition, from time to time the candidate will help to create threat research work products such as blogs and presentations. To be successful in this role the candidate must be possess strong consulting skills, deep technical skills and able to work under tight timelines. Responsibilities: Assist the IR Lead during engagements and mentoring/training junior analysis Continue to focus on process improvement for the customer facing incident response services Conduct host-based analysis and forensic functions on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems Conduct network forensics and log analysis during IR engagements Review firewall, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence and artifacts of malicious and compromised activity Leverage our FortiEDR Platform to conduct investigations to rapidly detect and analyze security threats Perform memory forensics and file analysis as needed Monitor underground forums, our FortiGuard Threat Labs, along with other open-source intelligence outlets to maintain proficiency in latest actor tactics and techniques Preform basic reverse engineering of threat actor’s malicious tools Develop complete and informative reports and presentations for both executive and technical audience Availability during nights/weekends as needed for IR engagements Required Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must Experience interfacing with customers Experience with of at least one scripting language: Shell, Ruby, Perl, Python, etc Ability to data mine using YARA, RegEx or other techniques to identify new threats Experienced with EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Redline, Volatility, WireShark, TCPDump, and open source forensic tools a plus Experience with malware analysis tools such as IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Immunity Debugger Hands-on experience dealing with APT campaigns, attack Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), memory injection techniques, static and dynamic malware analysis and malware persistence mechanism Strong knowledge of operating system internals and endpoint security experience. Able to communicate with both technical and executive personnel Static and dynamic malware and log analysis Analysis of Linux and MAC binary files and the understanding of MAC internals is a plus but not required . Highly motivated, self-driven and able to work both independently and within a team Able to work under pressure in time critical situations and occasional nights and weekends work A solid understanding of Active Directory and how to secure is a plus Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field Or 5+ years’ experience with incident response and or Forensics

## Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field or 5+ years’ experience with incident response and/or forensics. Experience interfacing with customers. Experience with at least one scripting language (Shell, Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.). Ability to data mine using YARA, RegEx or other techniques to identify new threats. Experience with digital forensics tools (EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Redline, Volatility, WireShark, TCPDump, and open source tools). Experience with malware analysis tools (IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Immunity Debugger). Strong knowledge of OS internals and endpoint security. High motivation, self-driven, able to work independently or in a team. Available for nights/weekends as needed.

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