CERT Lead

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York Office of Technology and Innovation seeks a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Lead to guide citywide incident response and DFIR practice. The role focuses on high-profile cyber incidents, incident lifecycle management, and cross-agency collaboration across Cyber Command and City agencies.

Responsibilities include leading a six-person DFIR team, performing advanced forensics, and coordinating remediation across on-prem and cloud environments to strengthen the city’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; four years of full-time related experience or equivalent.
• Experience in cybersecurity incident response, DFIR, or related fields is expected.
• Ability to lead a team of DFIR professionals and coordinate cross-agency efforts.

Responsibilities

• Assist NYC agencies in improving cyber incident response.
• Serve as the escalation point for high-profile cybersecurity incidents, ensuring 24x7 readiness.
• Prioritize incident response activities and coordinate efforts across City departments and external partners.
• Lead, mentor, and manage the CERT team (six DFIR specialists).
• Investigate incidents through log, file, and malware analysis; perform memory, network, and disk forensics.
• Lead investigations across enterprise cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and devise remediation strategies.

Skills

4+ years cybersecurity experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Salary Band: $150,000+
• Compensation: USD 75000 - USD 180000 - yearly

Job Description

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) leverages technology to drive opportunity, improve public safety, and help government run better across New York City. From delivering affordable broadband to protecting against cybersecurity threats and building digital government services, OTI is at the forefront of how the city delivers for New Yorkers in the 21st century. Watch our welcome video to see our work in action, follow us on social media @NYCOfficeofTech, and visit oti.nyc.gov to learn more.

At OTI, we offer great benefits, and the chance to work on projects that have a meaningful impact on millions of people. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with other passionate professionals who share your drive and commitment to making a difference through technology.

New York City Cyber Command is seeking a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Lead to serve the City of New York as a cybersecurity Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) practitioner whose expertise will guide the development, enhancement, and execution of Cyber Command's citywide incident response mandate through all phases of the incident response lifecycle. This team is the top-level technical escalation point for high-profile cybersecurity incidents impacting City agencies, particularly during identification, containment, and eradication.

The CERT team engages in malware analysis, digital forensics, campaign assessments, and threat hunts, harmonizing response activities among Cyber Command, City agencies, state/federal government, and private entities. The CERT Lead will work alongside internal teams such as the Cyber Threat Intelligence team, and data science teams to innovate detection, investigation, response, and remediation methods and capabilities.

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:
  • 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;

HOURS/SHIFT: Day - Due to the necessary technical duties of this position in a 24/7 operation, candidate may be required to work various shifts such as weekends and/or nights/evenings.

WORK LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY

OTI participates in E-Verify

IT SECURITY SPECIALIST - 95622

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; or,

Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" above.

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.