Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response - Experienced Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers•Tampa, FL

About The Position

As a Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response - Experienced Associate, you will support responses to cyber incidents, analyze security events, and help reduce potential impacts to client systems and data. In PwC’s Cybersecurity practice, you will contribute to incident management activities, gather information from different sources, and help identify patterns that support timely resolution and future resilience. The role involves taking ownership of assigned work, communicating clearly with team members and clients, applying professional and technical standards, and developing commercial awareness. You will build your skills through hands-on work in a fast-paced environment while contributing to cybersecurity services within the Cyber, Data & Tech Risk network and the Cyber Defence go-to-market focus.

Requirements

At least a bachelor's degree.
At least 1 year of experience.

Nice To Haves

Preference for study in one or more of the following fields: Business Administration/Management, Computer and Information Science, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Applications, or Computer Engineering.
Developing familiarity with incident response, threat detection, and remediation activities.
Applying cybersecurity frameworks, governance, and threat intelligence in client support.
Gathering data from logs, alerts, and forensic sources for pattern analysis.
Demonstrating active listening, clear communication, and responsiveness to feedback.
Adapting quickly across varied clients, teams, and fast-paced engagements.

Responsibilities

Support cyber incident response activities by triaging alerts, validating incident severity, and documenting findings.
Analyze logs, endpoint data, and threat intelligence to identify attack patterns and trace malicious activity.
Assist with containment, eradication, and recovery actions for security incidents across client environments.
Update incident response plans, playbooks, and case records to reflect investigative outcomes and response steps.
Perform digital forensic tasks to preserve evidence, reconstruct timelines, and summarize technical observations.
Monitor security operations center workflows to help detect anomalies and escalate urgent threats.
Contribute to vulnerability assessment and remediation tracking efforts tied to incident root causes.
Prepare clear technical summaries and status updates for internal teams and client stakeholders.