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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Incident Response Consultant specializing in Digital Forensics & Incident Response, you will lead incident response efforts to contain and mitigate data breaches, providing strategic direction to clients on prioritizing response actions. You will also manage a team of responders and forensic analysts, ensuring effective collaboration and knowledge sharing. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Lead Incident Response Efforts: Provide strategic direction to clients on prioritizing response actions, ensuring effective containment and mitigation of data breaches. This involves collaborating with clients to understand their specific needs and developing tailored response plans. • Manage Responder Team: Oversee a team of responders and forensic analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive effective incident response. • Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Stay up-to-date with various data privacy and regulatory standards, advising clients on compliance and best practices to minimize risk. • Collaborate with Counsel: Work with internal and external counsel to ensure legal requirements are met, providing expert guidance on incident response and data privacy matters. • Deliver Technical Recommendations: Provide technical recommendations to security and IT staff, helping organizations prepare, detect, and respond to security breaches.

Required education

None

Preferred education

None

Required technical and professional expertise

• Deep Expertise in Incident Response: Proven experience in leading incident response efforts, containing and mitigating data breaches, and providing strategic direction to clients on prioritizing response actions. • Experience with Team Management: Demonstrated ability to manage a team of responders and forensic analysts, ensuring effective collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive incident response efforts. • Regulatory Compliance Knowledge: In-depth understanding of various data privacy and regulatory standards, with experience advising clients on compliance and best practices to minimize risk. • Technical Proficiency in EDR Tools: Hands-on experience utilizing leading Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tools to hunt for threats, identify potential security incidents, and implement corrective measures. • Experience with Legal Collaboration: Proven ability to collaborate with internal and external counsel to ensure legal requirements are met, providing expert guidance on incident response and data privacy matters.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Advanced Threat Hunting: Experience with threat hunting methodologies and techniques to identify potential security incidents. Utilization of leading Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tools to hunt for threats and implement corrective measures. • Data Privacy Standards: In-depth understanding of various data privacy standards, including GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA, with experience advising clients on compliance and best practices to minimize risk. • Security Frameworks: Familiarity with industry-recognized security frameworks, such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, to inform incident response strategies and ensure regulatory compliance.