Cyber Defense & Incident Response Associate

PwC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 63,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC is seeking a Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response - Experienced Associate in Washington, DC. You will support cyber incident response, analyze security events, and help minimize impact on client systems while developing hands-on skills in a fast-paced environment.

In this role you will own assigned work, communicate with teams and clients, and apply professional standards while growing commercial awareness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with incident response and remediation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Triage alerts and validate incident severity.
• Analyze logs and threat intel for patterns.
• Assist with containment, eradication and recovery actions.
• Update incident response playbooks and case records.
• Prepare technical summaries for stakeholders.
• Support vulnerability tracking tied to incidents.

Skills

Incident response

Threat detection

Digital forensics

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

PwC is seeking a Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response - Experienced Associate in Washington, DC. You will support cyber incident response, analyze security events, and help minimize impact on client systems while developing hands-on skills in a fast-paced environment.

In this role you will own assigned work, communicate with teams and clients, and apply professional standards while growing commercial awareness.