CERT Lead

About the role

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) is dedicated to leveraging technology to enhance public safety, improve government operations, and deliver services to New Yorkers. OTI focuses on projects that have a significant impact on the community, including cybersecurity initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Assist NYC agencies in improving cyber incident response;
• Serve as the escalation point for high-profile cybersecurity incidents, ensuring 24x7 operational readiness;
• Prioritize incident response activities and coordinate response efforts among City departments and external partners;
• Lead, mentor, and manage the CERT team personnel consisting of six DFIR specialists;
• Act as lead subject matter expert across the following areas:
• Investigate cybersecurity incidents through log, file, and malware analysis;
• Perform memory, network, and disk forensics;
• Lead investigations and incident response activities across enterprise cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP);
• Devise appropriate remediation strategies and assist affected City agencies in containing, eradicating, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents;
• Develop post-incident action plans to improve mean time to recover;
• Maintain knowledge of current cyber threat campaigns and tradecraft;
• Identify cyber-incident detection tools and capabilities;
• Work with cyber intelligence teams to identify new cyber threats and campaigns, and proactively deploy countermeasures;
• Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned;
• Design and participate in cyber tabletop exercises with City departments to identify capability gaps, procedural weaknesses, and critical infrastructure;
• Continuously improve and augment CERT’s capabilities to stay abreast of the changing cyber security landscape;
• Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position;
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to the above;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
• Demonstrate leadership grounded in accountability and strategic thinking;
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented environment;
• Possess one or more of the following certifications: CISSP, GCFE, GCFA, GCIA, GCIH, GREM, GCFR;
• Deep technical expertise in incident response and threat detection including public cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), and SaaS platforms (Office 365, Google Workspace);
• Experience in performing security event detection and handling in an operational environment such as SOC, CSIRT, CERT, etc.;
• Experience reviewing and analyzing security events from various monitoring and logging sources;
• Hands-on experience with network packet analysis and IDS/IPS technologies to support detection and investigation workflow;
• Experience in website and web application security assessment or penetration testing;
• Formal education or a strong background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar experience;
• Active knowledge of current trends in computer security, software/hardware vulnerabilities, and current security research;
• Must be available to coordinate CERT incident response activities 24x7;
• Strong sense of teamwork, an inquisitive mind, and the desire to share knowledge;
• Experience conducting malware analysis;
• Experience with automation, scripting (Python, Bash, Powershell, etc.);
• Understanding of intrusion analysis;
• Expertise in digital forensics and comprehensive understanding of multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, OS X).

Benefits

OTI offers competitive benefits, including opportunities to work on impactful projects and collaborate with passionate professionals. The position is located in Brooklyn, NY, and requires a strong commitment to cybersecurity and incident response.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The position requires a flexible schedule due to the 24/7 nature of the work, including potential weekend and evening shifts.

To Apply

To apply, interested applicants should visit www.cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID #773685. Please note that submission of a resume does not guarantee an interview.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.