Cyber Incident Management Lead

Gunnison Consulting Group•Alexandria, VA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison. The Cyber Incident Management Lead will lead and coordinate enterprise cybersecurity incident response activities in support of the Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CSIRT). This role involves managing incident response operations for cybersecurity events affecting enterprise infrastructure, applications, systems, and cloud environments. The lead will also be responsible for reviewing, maintaining, and updating the Enterprise Incident Response Plan and supporting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure alignment with federal and organizational requirements. Key duties include directing incident response efforts (triage, containment, eradication, recovery, post-incident remediation), coordinating with internal and external stakeholders during incidents, and conducting annual incident response exercises. Additionally, the lead will perform incident information gathering, analysis, distribution, and notification, and develop incident reports and after-action reviews. The role also encompasses leading penetration testing, red team, purple team, adversary emulation, and breach-and-attack simulation activities, including developing associated documentation and coordinating testing processes. Integration of incident response and penetration testing with other security functions like vulnerability management and threat modeling is crucial. The lead will track and report on incident response and penetration testing metrics and support continuous improvement of cyber defense capabilities.

Requirements

US Citizenship required
Master of Science degree in IT, Information Security, or related field
10+ years in incident response/security operations/penetration testing
5+ years managing IR teams
Strong knowledge of malware analysis, forensics, threat intel, and adversary TTPs
Certifications: CEH, EC-Council Licensed Penetration Tester, EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (mandatory)
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate enterprise cybersecurity incident response activities in support of the Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CSIRT).
Manage incident response operations for cybersecurity events affecting enterprise infrastructure, applications, systems, and cloud environments.
Review, maintain, and update the Enterprise Incident Response Plan and supporting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure alignment with federal and organizational requirements.
Direct incident response efforts including triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident remediation activities.
Coordinate with internal stakeholders, third-party vendors, security teams, and leadership during cybersecurity incidents to ensure effective communication and response execution.
Conduct annual incident response exercises, tabletop events, and testing activities to validate operational readiness and improve response capabilities.
Perform incident information gathering, analysis, distribution, and stakeholder notification activities in accordance with established response procedures and reporting timelines.
Develop and publish incident reports, executive summaries, after-action reports, lessons learned, and remediation recommendations following cybersecurity events.
Lead penetration testing, red team, purple team, adversary emulation, and breach-and-attack simulation activities to assess and improve the organization’s security posture.
Develop and maintain penetration testing concepts of operations, rules of engagement, test plans, and standard operating procedures.
Coordinate penetration testing activities including onboarding, active assessments, vulnerability validation, findings analysis, remediation tracking, and patch verification.
Integrate incident response and penetration testing activities with vulnerability management, threat modeling, continuous monitoring, event detection, and compliance reporting processes.
Track and report incident response and penetration testing metrics, trends, findings, and remediation activities to cybersecurity leadership and stakeholders.
Support continuous improvement of incident management, threat detection, and cyber defense capabilities through collaboration with security operations, engineering, and compliance teams.