The role
Nebius is seeking a deeply technical DFIR Lead to build and lead the company’s global incident response capability - its people, tooling, and methodology - while remaining the hands-on technical authority on the hardest investigations. Reporting to the SOC Manager, the DFIR Lead will recruit, grow and direct a team of DFIR Experts, owning response execution, chain of custody and quality across Nebius’ cloud, infrastructure, and platform environments.
This is a hands-on role that balances deep technical work along with building and running the function: the Lead drives high-severity incidents end-to-end, serves as the escalation ceiling, and sets the standards and structure the team operates by.
You’re welcome to work in our offices in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Your responsibilities will include:
Build and lead Nebius’ global DFIR capability - select and mature DFIR tooling, and establish the playbooks and follow-the-sun operating model across EMEA, Asia, and APAC while hiring and developing a team of responders.
Lead the technical response to major incidents hands-on - from escalation through containment, eradication, and recovery - and act as the final technical authority on the most complex cases.
Personally conduct end-to-end forensic investigations across cloud, platform, and endpoint environments - log analysis at scale, host and network forensics, memory analysis, malware triage, and timeline reconstruction.
Define and enforce consistent investigation standards across the team: severity and escalation criteria, cross-region handoff quality, and evidence handling that meets legal, regulatory, and forensic requirements.
Partner with the SOC, SOC Automation, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Platform Security teams to improve detection fidelity and reduce MTTD and MTTR.
Serve as the technical voice of incident response to executive leadership, Legal, and Privacy - delivering clear, risk-based briefings, regulatory-ready documentation, and root cause analyses (RCA).
Raise the team’s technical bar through case reviews and hands-on mentoring, and drive lessons-learned into measurable improvements in controls and readiness.
We expect you to have:
Experience
7+ years of hands-on incident response and digital forensics, including technical leadership of large-scale, high-impact incidents (ransomware, nation-state / advanced threat actors, cloud intrusions, identity compromise).
Experience building or leading IR teams and capabilities in cloud or infrastructure-heavy environments, which are highly regulated (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR/NIS2).
Technical Expertise
Deep knowledge of Windows and Linux internals, with proven disk and memory forensics capability.
Strong cloud-native platform security: containers and Kubernetes, CI/CD, secrets management, cloud control planes, and IAM attack paths.
Fluency in attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK, including the Cloud and Containers matrices), and hands-on experience with EDR, SIEM, and forensic tooling (e.g., Velociraptor, Volatility, X-Ways/EnCase).
Strong scripting and data-analysis skills (Python, PowerShell, SQL/KQL) for investigation at scale, with the ability to validate findings independently and challenge assumptions.
Leadership & Communication
Proven ability to lead under pressure and make high-quality decisions with incomplete data; technical leadership through credibility across regions, without relying on direct authority.
Clear, concise communicator capable of briefing executives, Legal, Privacy, and non-technical stakeholders.
Working knowledge of spoken and written English
Benefits & Perks:
Competitive compensation
Career growth and learning opportunities
Flexibility and ownership
Collaborative and innovative culture
Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
International environment and talented teams
What's it like to work at Nebius:
Fast moving - Bold thinking - Constant growth - Meaningful impact - Trust and real ownership - Opportunity to shape the future of AI
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Nebius is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.
If you need accommodations during the application process, please let us know.
