Incident Detection/Response Manager

Description

Salary: $150,000 - $170,000/year

Work location: Remote with possible ad hoc on site needs in Washington, DC.

Lead computer and network incident-response operations supporting Federal Student Aid. The Manager directs the identification, deterrence, monitoring, investigation, containment, recovery, and reporting of cybersecurity incidents and coordinates incident response with senior government and contractor stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead incident-response operations and coordinate with senior authorities and stakeholders as necessary.
• Direct the identification, deterrence, monitoring, investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and closure of computer and network intrusions.
• Apply advanced knowledge of computer and network incident response, forensics, vulnerabilities, data-hiding methods, encryption, tools, techniques, trends, and countermeasures.
• Oversee evidence seizure, forensic analysis, data recovery, evidence preservation, and investigative documentation for high-technology investigations.
• Ensure incidents are handled according to Department breach-response processes and required escalation and notification procedures.
• Develop and maintain incident-response plans, procedures, playbooks, escalation paths, and evidence-handling practices.
• Coordinate incident activities with the SOC, cyber-hunt, threat-intelligence, privacy, engineering, system-owner, and risk-management teams.
• Direct root-cause analysis, corrective-action planning, lessons learned, remediation tracking, and incident-status reporting.
• Provide technical and management leadership, establish goals and work plans, supervise personnel, and brief client and senior-management stakeholders.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• More than 10 years of experience in the subject area.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Senior industry professional certification such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated domain expertise and technical or management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
• Experience establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives and directing activities to ensure technical requirements are met.
• Experience interacting with clients, conducting negotiations, and interfacing with senior management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading high-impact incidents involving PII, CUI, cloud services, enterprise applications, or federal information systems.
• Experience with SIEM, endpoint detection and response, digital forensics, cloud incident response, malware analysis, and case-management technologies.
• Knowledge of NIST incident-response guidance and federal cybersecurity incident-reporting requirements.
• Advanced certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GRID, CISM, or equivalent.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a High Risk Public Trust suitability determination.

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.