Cyber Crisis and Recovery Manager

Accenture is a global collective of innovators whose aim is to improve the way the world works and lives. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning and a global community of diverse talent, we drive success in new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices. And we are looking to add an experienced Cyber Crisis Recovery Manager to an already outstanding team.

Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond to, and recover, at all points of the security lifecycle. We hire the very best security talent and arm them with the coolest tools and latest tech so they can help our clients build resilience as we create integrated, customized turnkey solutions. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

You are passionate about helping organizations through their worst days, love what you do, and have a genuine desire to help fix major problems. You have a proven track record dealing with complex and fast-moving situations after serious disruptions. You can analyze impacts to a clients environment, anticipate requirements, and help them rebuild their environment based on industry leading practices and their current circumstances. Youre a creative, analytical problem solver with excellent communication skills who can speak to both technical and non-technical audiences. You are eager to put your skills to use by helping us help our clients respond to and recover from cyber-attacks.

The Work

You will be part of a specialized team that helps our clients better prepare for, detect, respond to and recover from cyber-attacks. The environment is fast paced, highly collaborative and no two days will be the same. When working an active crisis, you will support client executive leadership and technical operators to understand incident impacts and help them recover as efficiently as possible.

Projects might include restoring functionality after damaging ransomware or other cyber-attack, helping clients prepare for recovery pre-incident, uplifting existing tools and developing new ones to improve recovery capability, helping to develop methodologies, process/procedure manuals and documentation to prepare for future incidents, conducting assessments to determine how ready organizations are to recover.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of IT or Cybersecurity delivery experience including IAM, Network, Storage, and/or Compute
• Minimum 3 years working in a crisis, disaster, or other types of high impact and stress situations with understanding of Incident Response and Recovery principles
• Minimum 3 years working in any of the following: incident response and crisis management; emergency management; cyber resilience; risk management and identification; business continuity, disaster recovery and data center rebuild
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
• Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications
• Experience delivering work for a variety of audiences, including executive leadership and technical teams (e.g., CIOs, CTOs, CISOs)
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate complex technical recovery concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to work creatively to solve challenges
• Understanding of how to prioritize recovery based on business imperatives
• Expertise in common enterprise architecture
• Proficiency in a variety of operating systems, physical hardware, databases, and cloud computing
• Proven leadership and management skills; ability to build, manage and foster a team environment.
• Familiarity with backup systems, data restoration processes, and recovery testing
• Non-recovery relevant IT experience, such as data center stand up, large-scale global IT migration

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $93,400 to $258,500

Colorado $93,400 to $223,300

District of Columbia $99,500 to $237,800

New York $86,500 to $258,500

Maryland $86,500 to $206,800

Washington $99,500 to $237,800

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