Onsite Digital Forensics & Incident Response Manager

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About the role

  • DFIR Manager responsible for guiding cyber incident responses and overseeing investigations at RSM. Leading teams through high-severity ransomware events and managing stakeholder engagement during crises.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as incident commander during high-severity events, particularly ransomware and enterprise-scale breaches
  • Oversee multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring quality, consistency, and appropriate resource allocation
  • Define investigative strategy and escalation thresholds for complex incidents
  • Align technical response with legal, regulatory, insurance, and executive considerations
  • Review and approve investigative findings, containment validation, and executive reporting
  • Act as senior advisor to client executives, legal counsel, and cyber insurers
  • Provide guidance to Supervisors on advanced investigative decisions and complex threat actor scenarios
  • Maintain executive-level communication cadence during incidents
  • Support development of standardized methodologies, playbooks, and quality controls across the practice
  • Mentor Supervisors and Consultants in both technical depth and client leadership
  • Participate in on-call rotation and provide oversight during critical incidents

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-scale ransomware and breach investigations
  • Deep understanding of threat actor operations and ransomware tradecraft
  • Strong hands-on familiarity with EDR platforms, SIEM technologies, and forensic toolsets
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-pressure engagements simultaneously
  • Experience coordinating with legal counsel, cyber insurance carriers, and executive leadership
  • Strong executive presence and crisis communication ability
  • Experience mentoring and developing DFIR leaders
  • Certifications such as GCFA, GCIH, CISSP, OSCP, or equivalent preferred

Benefits

  • flexibility in your schedule
  • empowering you to balance life’s demands
  • total rewards including competitive benefits and compensation package

Job title

Digital Forensics & Incident Response Manager

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$107,000 - $214,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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