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PwC

Senior Manager – Cyber Defense & Resilience, Incident Response

PwC

. Lead cyber incident response engagements from initial triage through containment, recovery, and lessons learned .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $124,000 - $280,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in leading cyber incident response engagements, developing incident response plans, and advising stakeholders on incident handling. Proficient in coordinating forensic analysis and threat hunting while applying cybersecurity governance and risk management principles.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Incident Response LeadershipIncident Recovery PlanningCybersecurity GovernanceForensic Analysis CoordinationClient-Facing Messaging

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Hard Skills
Incident ResponseForensic AnalysisThreat HuntingIncident Recovery PlanningCybersecurity GovernanceRisk ManagementLog ReviewTechnical CommunicationResponse Procedures DevelopmentResilience Planning
Soft Skills
LeadershipCoachingJudgmentCommunicationTeam Coordination
Industry Keywords
Cyber Incident ResponseThreat IntelligenceControl WeaknessesPost-Incident ReportsTabletop ExercisesClient Readiness ActivitiesSimulation MaterialsComplex InvestigationsCloud EnvironmentsNetwork Security

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead cyber incident response engagements from initial triage through containment, recovery, and lessons learned
  • Advise client stakeholders on incident handling priorities, escalation paths, and response decisions during active events
  • Coordinate forensic analysis, threat hunting, and log review to identify scope, root cause, and attack methods
  • Develop incident response plans, playbooks, and tabletop exercise scenarios
  • Direct technical teams through complex investigations and remediation across cloud, network, endpoint, and identity environments
  • Translate findings into executive briefings, updates, and post-incident reports
  • Apply cybersecurity governance, threat intelligence, and risk management knowledge to guide remediation
  • Review detection gaps and control weaknesses to shape recovery actions and reduce future exposure
  • Coach team members on incident management, technical communication, and coordinated response execution
  • Support client readiness activities by refining response procedures, simulation materials, and resilience planning approaches

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • At least a Bachelor's degree
  • At least 7 years of experience
  • Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Business Administration/Management, Computer and Information Science, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering
  • Demonstrating incident response leadership across complex cyber events
  • Applying incident recovery planning and resilience program development
  • Crafting client-facing messaging for technical crisis situations
  • Directing teams through ambiguity with sound judgment
  • Coaching diverse teams through response and remediation activities
  • Modeling cyber standards, code of conduct, and independence requirements
  • Up to 60% travel
  • Must not require, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within PwC policy

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k
  • Holiday pay
  • Vacation
  • Personal and family sick leave