Manager, Incident Response

KPMG LLP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP in Austin, TX seeks a Manager, Incident Response to join our Advisory practice. You will lead and manage cyber incident response activities for client incidents, coordinating triage, containment, eradication, and recovery efforts.

This role requires experience with incident investigations across ransomware, data breaches, insider threats, and APTs; you will interface with legal, forensics, privacy, and leadership, delivering actionable improvements and clear executive communications.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in cybersecurity incident response or threat management.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven track record leading investigations and managing escalations.
• Experience with established incident response frameworks (e.g., NIST, SANS).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage cyber incident response activities for client incidents
• Oversee investigations across ransomware, data breaches, insider threats, and threats
• Lead and coordinate incident response engagements including client communications, executive briefings, war-room facilitation, and cross functional stakeholder management
• Oversee incident investigation and remediation including root cause analysis and improvement plans
• Manage incident response delivery and performance including SLAs, metrics, reporting, and playbooks
• Collaborate within the Cyber & Tech Risk practice, mentoring incident response personnel
• Act with integrity and uphold KPMG’s respectful work environment

Skills

Incident response leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communications

Security incident investigations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

SIEM

EDR

DLP

Threat intelligence platforms

Network security

Job description

We are currently seeking a Manager, Incident Response to join our Advisory practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage cyber incident response activities, including triage, containment, eradication, and recovery efforts for client incidents
• Oversee and coordinate incident investigations across cyber threats such as ransomware, data breaches, insider threats, and advanced persistent threats
• Lead and coordinate incident response engagements, including client communications, executive briefings, war‑room facilitation, and cross functional stakeholder management (legal, forensics, privacy, communications, and leadership) during high impact events
• Oversee incident investigation and remediation, including root cause analysis, development of actionable improvement plans, and integration with broader cyber resilience practices
• Manage incident response delivery and performance, defining and tracking SLAs, metrics, reporting, and contributing to the enhancement of incident response playbooks, methodologies, and service offerings
• Collaborate and lead within the Cyber & Tech Risk practice, partnering across threat management, governance, risk, compliance, privacy, and technology risk teams while mentoring and developing incident response personnel
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG’s respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in cybersecurity incident response or cyber threat management is required
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (or equivalent work experience); advanced degree a plus
• Proven experience leading cyber incident investigations and managing escalations in high pressure environments, applying established incident response frameworks (e.g., NIST, SANS) and breach response practices
• Hands on experience with security monitoring and response technologies, including SIEM, EDR, DLP, network security, and threat intelligence platforms
• Strong engagement and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to lead complex workstreams, balance competing priorities, and communicate effectively—including presenting to senior executives
• Demonstrated professionalism and judgment, exhibiting a high degree of integrity and the ability to manage sensitive and confidential matters
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, CPT or any other employment‑based visa)