Cyber Incident Response & Resilience Specialist

PwC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 63,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k

Holiday pay

Vacation time

Sick leave

Job summary

PwC is hiring an experienced Associate for Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response in Cleveland, OH. You will support incident response, analyze security events, and help reduce impacts to client systems while building your skills in a fast-paced engagement.

You’ll own assigned tasks, communicate clearly, and apply professional standards within our cybersecurity practice. The role emphasizes hands-on incident management across logs, forensics, containment, and remediation with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• At least 1 year of experience.
• Familiarity with incident response, threat detection, and remediation activities.

Responsibilities

• Support cyber incident response activities by triaging alerts, validating incident severity, and documenting findings.
• Analyze logs, endpoint data, and threat intelligence to identify attack patterns and trace malicious activity.
• Assist with containment, eradication, and recovery actions for security incidents across client environments.
• Update incident response plans, playbooks, and case records to reflect outcomes and response steps.
• Perform digital forensic tasks to preserve evidence, reconstruct timelines, and summarize observations.
• Monitor security operations workflows to detect anomalies and escalate urgent threats.
• Contribute to vulnerability assessment and remediation tracking tied to root causes.
• Prepare clear technical summaries and status updates for internal teams and client stakeholders.

Skills

Incident response

Log analysis

Threat intelligence

Digital forensics

Clear communication

Client support

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

PwC is hiring an experienced Associate for Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response in Cleveland, OH. You will support incident response, analyze security events, and help reduce impacts to client systems while building your skills in a fast-paced engagement.

You’ll own assigned tasks, communicate clearly, and apply professional standards within our cybersecurity practice. The role emphasizes hands-on incident management across logs, forensics, containment, and remediation with