Cyber Defense Incident Responder - Associate Director

About the role

The Cyber & Investigative Services (CIS) Senior Cyber Incident Response Coordinator will coordinate complex response efforts to global cybersecurity incidents caused by external threats. This role requires exceptional comprehension of cybersecurity incident response plans, coordination of activities, and superb verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Independently coordinate complex response efforts to global cybersecurity incidents caused by external threats that may involve nontraditional working hours.
• Serve as a liaison and relationship manager to different businesses and interface with fellow team members and colleagues on other Information Security teams, as well as manage relationships with business partners, management, vendors, and external parties.
• Establish and foster relationships with General Counsel, Data Privacy/Protection, and Risk Management key contacts.
• Drive and manage integration with other corporate incident management programs to ensure consistency and alignment with peer support teams within IT.
• Oversee critical Cyber & Investigative Services projects as directed by leadership.
• Lead process and documentation development and improvements by the Cyber & Investigative Services team.
• Develop and document processes to ensure consistent and scalable response operations, and ensure continuous improvement to the firm’s global cybersecurity incident response plan.
• Develop and deliver metrics to leadership relevant to the operational improvement of the cybersecurity incident response process.
• Own and/or oversee process and corresponding documentation.
• Be willing to be on-call off hours in rotation with other team members (Required).

Requirements

• An exceptional comprehension of the incident response lifecycle in theory and practice.
• The ability to coordinate high-profile, complex, and global cybersecurity incidents from the point of incident declaration through resolution.
• Drive cybersecurity incident gap identification and post incident lesson’s learned efforts to resolution.
• Comprehensive knowledge in all domains of Information Security and associated technologies in the support of collaboration with partnering teams, eradication, and remediation efforts in support of cybersecurity incidents, and appropriate identification and assignment of gaps identified during response efforts.
• Comfortable managing through ambiguity, making thoughtful and sound judgments during stressful environments.
• Analyze findings in investigative matters, and develop fact-based reports.
• Identify and articulate opportunities for improvement while driving lessons learned activities.
• Demonstrated integrity and judgment within a professional environment.
• Inquisitive approach to analysis and peer review.
• Talent management of direct reports with empathy and patience, while developing them professionally.
• Exemplary presentation and communication skills across differing mediums, including written and verbal communication.

Skills and Attributes

• An exceptional comprehension of the incident response lifecycle in theory and practice.
• The ability to coordinate high-profile, complex, and global cybersecurity incidents from the point of incident declaration through resolution.
• Drive cybersecurity incident gap identification and post incident lesson’s learned efforts to resolution.
• Comprehensive knowledge in all domains of Information Security and associated technologies in the support of collaboration with partnering teams, eradication, and remediation efforts in support of cybersecurity incidents, and appropriate identification and assignment of gaps identified during response efforts.
• Comfortable managing through ambiguity, making thoughtful and sound judgments during stressful environments.
• Analyze findings in investigative matters, and develop fact-based reports.
• Identify and articulate opportunities for improvement while driving lessons learned activities.
• Demonstrated integrity and judgment within a professional environment.
• Inquisitive approach to analysis and peer review.
• Talent management of direct reports with empathy and patience, while developing them professionally.
• Exemplary presentation and communication skills across differing mediums, including written and verbal communication.

Pay

$150,000 to $297,000

Schedule

Hybrid model with in-person work expected 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.