Associate Manager - Cyber Security Incident Response
We are seeking an experienced Associate Manager – Cyber Security Incident Response to help protect critical systems, data and services from evolving cyber threats. In this role, you will support the management of security incidents from initial detection through to containment, eradication and recovery, ensuring that response activities are coordinated, timely and well documented. You will work closely with security operations, infrastructure, applications, risk, legal, privacy and business stakeholders to assess impact, determine priorities and guide effective remediation.
Your responsibilities will include overseeing the triage and investigation of suspected security incidents, validating alerts and coordinating appropriate escalation. You will help lead incident response activities involving malware, phishing, ransomware, unauthorised access, data loss and other cyber events. The role will involve maintaining response playbooks, improving procedures, supporting threat hunting and forensic investigations, and ensuring that lessons learned are translated into practical control improvements. You will also contribute to incident reporting, metrics, post-incident reviews, readiness exercises and communications for technical and non-technical audiences. Where required, you may coordinate external partners, specialist investigators and relevant authorities.
Applicants should have professional experience in cyber security incident response, security operations, digital forensics or a closely related discipline, together with experience coordinating investigations or leading incident activities. Strong knowledge of security monitoring, SIEM platforms, endpoint detection and response, network analysis, vulnerability management and common attack techniques is expected. Familiarity with recognised frameworks such as NIST or SANS, as well as cloud security and identity-related incidents, would be advantageous. You should be analytical, calm under pressure and confident making decisions in time-sensitive situations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound judgement and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams are essential. Relevant industry certifications in incident response, security operations, forensics or cloud security are desirable.
Associate Manager - Cyber Security Incident Response
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