Forensic Scientist Phd Jobs in Indiana (NOW HIRING)

Working Pattern: Fulltime - hybrid

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world‑class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem‑solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first. You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high‑performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

We are seeking a highly motivated DFIR Specialist to join our Purple Team. This role bridges offensive and defensive security operations by combining incident response, threat hunting, digital forensics, adversary emulation, and detection engineering. The ideal candidate enjoys investigating real‑world attacks, understanding adversary behavior, improving detection capabilities, and working collaboratively with red and blue teams to strengthen security posture.

• Incident Response Lead or support investigations involving malware, ransomware, insider threats, and advanced persistent threats.
• Perform endpoint, memory, disk, and cloud forensics.
• Conduct triage activities during security incidents.
• Coordinate containment, eradication, and recovery efforts.
• Develop incident response playbooks and procedures.
• Produce executive and technical incident reports.
• Threat Hunting Conduct proactive hunts across endpoints, identity, cloud, and network telemetry.
• Develop hypotheses based on emerging adversary techniques.
• Analyze attack patterns using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Identify gaps in visibility and logging.
• Purple Team Operations Collaborate with red team operators to emulate adversary tactics.
• Validate detections against simulated attacks.
• Assist in planning and executing purple team exercises.
• Measure and improve detection coverage.
• Map detections and hunting content to ATT&CK techniques.
• Detection Engineering Develop and tune detections within SIEM and EDR platforms.
• Reduce false positives while improving fidelity.
• Create custom analytics, dashboards, and monitoring content.
• Automate repetitive investigation tasks through scripting.
• Forensics Acquire and analyze forensic artifacts from: Windows systems; Linux systems; Cloud environments; Containers; Identity providers; Perform timeline reconstruction; Analyze persistence mechanisms.

• Associate's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics and 2 + years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics and 2 + years of relevant experience
• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics
• PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics
• In lieu of a degree must have 6+ years' experience in Cyber Security or Information Technology
• Must be a US Citizen

• 3+ years focused on incident response, threat hunting, or DFIR.
• 6+ years' experience in Cyber Security or Information Technology
• Experience with various memory acquisition techniques/tools: FTK Imager; Volatility 3; Velociraptor for remote memory dumps
• Experience with enterprise SIEM platforms such as: Microsoft Sentinel; Splunk Enterprise Security; Elastic Security
• Experience with EDR technologies including: Microsoft Defender XDR; CrowdStrike Falcon; SentinelOne; Singularity
• Familiarity with: Windows Event Logs; Sysmon; KQL; Sigma rules; YARA; PowerShell; Python
• Memory analysis
• Malware triage
• Understanding of: Attack chains; Identity-based attacks; Cloud attack techniques; Detection engineering principles
• Experience with adversary emulation frameworks.
• Familiarity with: Caldera; Prelude Operator; Velociraptor
• TheHive
• Cloud security investigation experience in: Microsoft Azure; Amazon AWS; Google Cloud

• GIAC certifications such as GCFA, GCIH, GCFE, etc.
• Microsoft certifications such as SC-200, SC-400, AZ-500
• CISSP, CCSP

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. We are committed to providing a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and everyone can thrive.

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Job Category Information Technology

Pay Range Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range. $98,566-$160,169-Annually

Location: Indianapolis, IN

• health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• a flexible spending account
• a health savings account
• a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• certain paid holidays
• paid parental and family care leave
• tuition reimbursement
• a long-term incentive plan

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.