DFIR Engagement Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

12d•$69,400 - $158,000•Remote

About The Position

The DFIR Engagement Manager will provide crisis management and leadership for commercial clients experiencing a cyber breach event. This role involves overseeing the delivery of high volume, high impact emergency incident response engagements. The manager will coordinate Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) delivery team activities, partner with clients to gather scoping information, deliver updates, resolve issues, and manage cyber crises. The position requires quick movement in an exciting, high volume, and fluid environment to lead the Agile development of a project roadmap, milestones, and metrics. The role also involves coordinating multiple DFIR teams, on-site recovery teams, clients, and counsel to ensure cyber crisis response activities remain on-track, status and actions are collected and communicated effectively, and client needs are met. The company aims to transform the future of DFIR by helping commercial and critical infrastructure companies around the world scope, respond, investigate, and recover from major cyber attacks.

Requirements

3+ years of experience with progressive project management, including managing multiple large-scale projects concurrently
Experience in cyber incident response or digital forensics
Experience supporting the cybersecurity industry in a privacy law firm or cybersecurity incident response environment
Experience with project management and PMO processes, including project planning, resource planning, monthly finance projections, and change requests
Ability to pick up in-flight projects and drive to completion
Ability to communicate abstract and technical concepts to multiple types of customers and law firms, including cyber warfare and sensitive information, in clear, concise, and accessible ways
Ability to pivot and respond to unpredictability and challenging chaos from the customer during fast-paced crisis events
Ability to work well in cross-functional teams, analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, and communicate effectively and confidently
Ability to read, stay ahead of, and de-escalate customers in crisis scenarios while guiding towards minimal impact in full crisis situations, including iterating to customers best-case resolutions from complicated scenarios
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Experience working for a management firm or privacy law firm
Experience working across different commercial industries, including financial services, manufacturing, or energy
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, or a related field
PMP Certification
CCE, EnCE, CFCE, ACE, CISSP, GCIA, GCFE, GCFA, GREM, or GNFA Certification

Responsibilities

Oversee the delivery of high volume, high impact emergency incident response engagements.
Coordinate multiple Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) delivery team activities.
Partner with clients to gather scoping information, deliver updates, resolve issues, and help them manage their cyber crisis.
Lead the Agile development of a project roadmap, milestones, and metrics to track progress.
Coordinate multiple DFIR teams, on-site recovery teams, clients, and counsel to ensure that the cyber crisis response activities remain on-track.
Ensure status and actions are collected and communicated effectively.
Ensure client needs are met.