About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Join a Confidential Client cyber team supporting incident response and resilience work across client environments. In this Experienced Associate role you will learn on the job, help investigate security events, and contribute to containment and recovery while building technical and consulting skills.

• Support cyber incident response by triaging alerts, validating incident severity, and documenting findings
• Analyze logs, endpoint telemetry, and threat intelligence to identify attack patterns and trace malicious activity
• Assist with containment, eradication, and recovery actions across client environments
• Perform digital forensics tasks to preserve evidence, reconstruct timelines, and summarize technical observations
• Update incident response plans, playbooks, and case records to reflect investigative outcomes
• Monitor SOC workflows to detect anomalies and escalate urgent threats
• Contribute to vulnerability assessment follow ups and remediation tracking tied to incident root causes
• Prepare clear technical summaries and status updates for internal teams and client stakeholders

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Qualifications

What you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree (any field)
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in cybersecurity, IT operations, or related roles

Preferred experience and knowledge:

• Coursework or degree in Computer Science, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Business Administration, or similar
• Familiarity with incident response processes, threat detection, and remediation activities
• Experience working with logs, EDR/endpoint data, and forensic artifacts
• Exposure to cybersecurity frameworks, governance, and threat intelligence
• Strong written and verbal communication, active listening, and ability to receive and act on feedback
• Ability to adapt quickly across varied clients, teams, and fast-paced engagements

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Why This Role Is a Good Fit

• Hands-on, learning-focused position within a Cyber Defence practice
• Opportunity to develop technical skills in incident response and digital forensics
• Work with cross-functional teams across Cyber, Data & Tech Risk to support real client engagements
• Clear career ladder within cybersecurity consulting and client-facing services

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Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $63,000 - $140,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will depend on skills, experience, qualifications, location, and applicable employment laws.
• Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, and personal and family sick leave. Specific benefits will be provided by the Confidential Client.

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Location & Employment Type

• Location: Chicago, IL
• Employment type: Full-time
• Note on sponsorship: Confidential Client does not intend to hire candidates who will require H-1B sponsorship, except as set forth in its formal policy.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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