Cyber Defense & Resilience - Incident Response - Experienced Associate

PwC•Tampa, FL

9d•$63,000 - $140,000

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. You will contribute to incident management activities, gather information from different sources, and identify patterns that support timely resolution and future resilience. The role involves learning through hands-on work in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing client needs, taking ownership of assigned work, and communicating clearly with team members and clients. You will apply professional and technical standards while developing commercial awareness and contributing to PwC’s cybersecurity services within its Cyber, Data & Tech Risk network and Cyber Defence go-to-market focus.

Requirements

At least a bachelor's degree.
At least 1 year of experience.
Developing familiarity with incident response, threat detection, and remediation activities.
Ability to gather data from logs, alerts, and forensic sources for pattern analysis.
Active listening, clear communication, and responsiveness to feedback.
Ability to adapt across varied clients, teams, and fast-paced engagements.

Nice To Haves

Preference for a field of study such as Business Administration/Management, Computer and Information Science, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Applications, or Computer Engineering.
Applying cybersecurity frameworks, governance, and threat intelligence in client support.

Responsibilities

Support cyber incident response 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.