Cloud Cyber Incident Response Manager

Location: McLean, Virginia, USA; remote work is available, but occasional in-person work at a Booz Allen or customer facility may be required. U.S. citizenship is required.

Salary: $112,800–$257,000 annualized USD.

Company

hirify.global provides cybersecurity, digital forensics, incident response, risk, and technology services to clients.

What you will do

• Lead the strategic direction, operational performance, client delivery, and growth of multiple cloud incident response teams.
• Oversee complex digital forensic investigations and high-severity cybersecurity incidents across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Act as the senior escalation point and advisor for clients, executives, legal counsel, insurers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Review investigative findings, reports, executive briefings, timelines, risks, limitations, and recommendations.
• Manage team leads and senior personnel through coaching, career development, performance management, and disciplinary actions.
• Maintain DFIR policies, standards, procedures, methodologies, documentation, and compliance with legal, privacy, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in digital forensics, incident response, cybersecurity investigations, or cyber risk, including 3+ years leading incident response, forensic investigation, or cybersecurity teams.
• Experience managing multiple teams, senior technical personnel, or a geographically distributed workforce.
• Experience leading complex incidents involving executive, legal, insurance, or regulatory stakeholders, including ransomware, data breach, or business email compromise incidents.
• Experience with employee development, career management, performance management, and disciplinary actions.
• Experience developing client relationships in cyber insurance, legal, incident response, or cybersecurity markets.
• Experience investigating incidents in cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Knowledge of digital forensic methodologies, evidence preservation, chain of custody, investigative documentation, and defensible reporting.
• Ability to develop scripts and use log and data analysis platforms, including Elastic, Splunk, or AWS Athena.
• Ability to identify opportunities, grow client relationships, support business development, and communicate technical findings and business risks to executives, boards, legal counsel, insurers, and senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Business Administration, or Digital Forensics.

Nice to have

• Experience building or expanding a digital forensics or incident response practice.
• Experience working with cyber insurance carriers, claims teams, insurance brokers, breach counsel, and insured organizations.
• Experience with pipeline management, utilization, profitability, engagement economics, statements of work, master services agreements, retainers, pricing structures, or preferred-provider arrangements.
• Experience developing thought leadership, executive briefings, conference presentations, or market-facing content.
• Ability to develop and grow a portfolio of business.
• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Business Administration, Digital Forensics, or a related field.
• CISM, GCFR, GCFA, GCIH, GREM, GNFA, or similar certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
• Virtual employees are generally expected to keep cameras on during meetings; remote work may occasionally require attendance at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Identity verification using biometrics is required, and candidates are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments.
• Use of AI or other tools during interviews is prohibited unless explicitly permitted.

Hiring process

• Complete identity verification with advanced biometrics and participate in camera-based interviews and assessments.
• Do not use AI tools to assist with interview responses unless explicit permission is provided.