Technical Consultant – Threat Detection & Response

About the role

IBM Consulting is seeking a Technical Consultant specialized in Threat Detection, Response & Intelligence (TDR). You will protect client digital environments by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cyber threats using advanced security tools and methodologies.

Key responsibilities

• Perform advanced analysis of security events and logs from multiple data sources.
• Correlate events, conduct deep log reviews, and validate true positives versus false positives.
• Execute incident triage, classification, and prioritization based on risk and impact.
• Conduct root‑cause analysis to determine how incidents originated and evolved.
• Analyze IOCs, threat vectors, and malicious behaviors to support detection and investigation.
• Apply threat‑intelligence feeds to enrich analysis for specific clients and industries.
• Identify exploitation signals, vulnerabilities, and security gaps.
• Collaborate with teammates to tune and optimize SIEM/XDR platforms.
• Manage technical communication and incident escalation following defined procedures.

Required profile

• Strong experience in advanced log and event analysis.
• Proven ability to perform alert correlation, deep investigation, and incident validation.
• Hands‑on experience with incident triage, classification, and prioritization.
• Excellent analytical skills for root‑cause analysis.
• Team‑oriented mindset with experience collaborating on SIEM/XDR tuning.
• Intermediate technical English communication skills.
• Willingness to undergo background checks and skills assessments.

Required skills

• SIEM/XDR platforms
• Log and event analysis
• Alert correlation
• Incident response and triage
• Root‑cause analysis
• Threat intelligence consumption
• MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Technical communication