Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics - Cyber Incident Response - Manager

PwC Experience Center Stockholm; Houston (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in cybersecurity to manage and enhance penetration testing efforts. As a Cyber Incident Response Manager, you'll be pivotal in safeguarding client data while mentoring a skilled team. This role combines technical expertise with leadership, ensuring high standards in cybersecurity practices.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401k plan

Holiday pay and vacation time

Personal and family sick leave

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in cybersecurity or related fields.
• Certifications such as GIAC (GCFA, GCFE, GREM, etc.) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute stealthy penetration testing.
• Supervise and coach team members.
• Manage client service accounts and engagement workstreams.

Skills

Mentoring

Project Management

Analytical Thinking

Conflict Resolution

Technical Standards Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science or related field

Job description

Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics - Cyber Incident Response - Manager

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At PwC, our people in cybersecurity focus on protecting organisations from cyber threats through advanced technologies and strategies. They work to identify vulnerabilities, develop secure systems, and provide proactive solutions to safeguard sensitive data. In cybersecurity incident management at PwC, you will focus on effectively responding to, and mitigating, cyber threats, maintaining the security of client systems and data. You will be responsible for identifying, analysing, and resolving security incidents to minimise potential damage and protect against future attacks.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

The Opportunity

As part of the Cyber Incident Response team you are to perform penetration testing activities within a client's environment, emphasizing manual stealthy testing techniques. As a Manager you are to supervise, develop, and coach teams, manage client service accounts, and drive assigned client engagement workstreams by solving and analyzing complex problems to develop elevated-quality deliverables. You are also responsible for leading and executing stealthy penetration testing, advanced stealth team, or adversary simulation engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute stealthy penetration testing
• Perform advanced security team engagements
• Conduct adversary simulation activities
• Supervise and mentor team members
• Manage client service accounts and engagement workstreams
• Solve complex problems to deliver exceptional results
• Assure project success and maintain exceptional standards
• Develop and implement testing strategies
  
  

What You Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Forensic Science, Management Information Systems
• 5 years of experience
• GIAC such as GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GNFA, GCCC, and/or GCIA
  
  

What Sets You Apart

• Master's Degree preferred
• Applying incident handling processes
• Analyzing attack techniques
• Utilizing tools to determine malware
• Using memory dumps and analysis tools
• Acquiring infected machines and detecting artifacts
• Analyzing security architecture for deficiencies
• Recognizing common assembly-level patterns
• Deriving Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
  
  

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

As PwC is anequal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.

The salary range for this position is: $100,000 - $232,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Design Services

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