Technical Consultant – Threat Detection & Response

About the role

IBM Consulting is looking for a Technical Consultant specialized in Threat Detection Response (TDR) to help clients protect their digital infrastructure. You will work with leading companies, using IBM and Red Hat technologies to detect, investigate, and mitigate cyber threats.

Key responsibilities

• Perform advanced analysis of security events and logs from multiple data sources.
• Correlate events, conduct deep log reviews, and validate true‑positive alerts.
• Execute incident triage, classification, and prioritization based on risk.
• Conduct root‑cause analysis to determine how incidents originated and evolved.
• Analyze IOCs, threat vectors, and apply threat‑intelligence feeds.
• Identify exploitation signals, vulnerabilities, and security gaps.
• Collaborate with team members to tune and optimize SIEM/XDR platforms.
• Manage technical communication and incident escalation according to 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.
• Solid understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Intermediate English for technical communication.

Required skills

• SIEM/XDR platforms
• Threat intelligence consumption and application
• Windows and Linux operating systems
• MITRE ATT&CK framework
• IOC analysis and threat‑vector investigation