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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in coordinating cybersecurity incidents and managing the incident response lifecycle, with a strong focus on crisis management, decision-making, and effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Incident Response CoordinationCrisis ManagementDecision-Making Under PressureCommunication SkillsPost-Incident Review Leadership
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Hard Skills
Incident Response LifecycleCrisis ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisManagement ReportingAudit Documentation
Soft Skills
Prioritisation SkillsOrganisational SkillsTime Management SkillsEffective Communication
Industry Keywords
Cybersecurity IncidentsIT CrisesMajor IncidentsSecurity OperationsLegal CompliancePrivacy ManagementRisk ManagementStakeholder Communication
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudCyber Security
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Activate and manage the incident response process from initiation through formal closure
- Establish incident severity, priority, scope, response model and escalation path
- Form the response team and assign clear ownership of individual actions
- Develop the response plan, define priorities and establish decision points and checkpoints
- Coordinate Incident Response, SOC, IT, Cloud, Network, Application, Legal, Privacy, Risk, Communications and business teams
- Maintain an accurate overview of confirmed facts, open questions, risks, decisions and next steps
- Lead regular status calls and provide clear updates to senior management and other stakeholders
- Ensure containment, eradication and recovery activities are performed in a controlled and coordinated manner
- Coordinate decisions concerning system isolation, service restrictions, credential resets, system restoration, customer communications and external support
- Lead post-incident reviews, lessons-learned sessions and root cause analysis activities
- Improve incident response procedures, RACI models, severity definitions, communication templates and crisis exercises
- Lead tabletop exercises and major incident simulations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience in coordinating cybersecurity incidents, IT crises, major incidents or security operations
- Strong understanding of the Incident Response lifecycle, escalation processes and crisis management
- Ability to make sound decisions based on incomplete, changing and sometimes conflicting information
- Strong prioritisation, organisational and time management skills, including the ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to clearly communicate complex technical situations to executives and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in preparing management reports, incident briefings and audit documentation
- Experience in working with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Risk, Communications teams and external providers
- Strong English communication skills
- Additional language skills will be an advantage
Benefits
Comp & perks- Professional and financial support in obtaining recognised qualifications and certificates
- EY Badges – global certification of your competencies and the opportunity to earn an MBA from the prestigious Hult International School of Business
- Career Counselor – professional, one-to-one guidance on career building and development
- Psycho-educational platform – a package of free consultations with specialists in the broad field of mental health and personal development, as well as access to educational activities
- Benefit programme offering private healthcare with additional preventive examinations, life insurance, tickets, team sports, a language-learning platform, sports cards and much more, available online and offline