Delivery Director – Cyber Resiliency Services

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As Delivery Director of Cyber Resiliency services you will play a pivotal role in leading cyber incident response operations while also providing strategic security consulting on data security, cyber resilience, security assessments, and environment hardening. This dual role requires a deep understanding of cybersecurity threats, risk management, and best practices for securing enterprise environments. You will oversee a team of security professionals, drive proactive security measures, and serve as a trusted advisor to executives on improving their security posture.

Key Responsibilities

Cyber Incident Response Leadership

• Lead incident response (IR) operations, ensuring rapid detection, containment, eradication, and recovery from security incidents.
• Lead the Incident Response (IR) team, including SOC analysts, threat hunters, forensic investigators, and external consultants.
• Act as the incident commander for major cybersecurity events, coordinating response efforts across IT, legal, compliance, and executive leadership.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks, integrating best practices for ransomware, insider threats, and nation-state attacks.
• Oversee forensic investigations, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reporting.
• Collaborate with law enforcement, threat intelligence teams, and industry partners to enhance incident response readiness.
  
  

Security Consulting & Advisory

• Lead cybersecurity risk assessments, security posture reviews, and compliance audits for enterprise environments.
• Provide strategic advisory on data security best practices, including encryption, tokenization, and data loss prevention (DLP).
• Guide organizations in hardening IT environments, implementing Zero Trust, identity and access management (IAM), and network segmentation.
• Deliver recommendations on cyber resilience strategies, including business continuity, disaster recovery, and ransomware protection.
• Advise on cloud security best practices (AWS, Azure, GCP) and secure workload deployment.
  
  

Threat Intelligence & Hardening Advisory

• Develop and implement threat detection and response strategies based on MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and CIS frameworks.
• Collaborate with threat intelligence teams to assess adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Conduct tabletop exercises, red teaming, and adversary emulation to improve incident response effectiveness.
• Evaluate and optimize SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and EDR solutions to enhance threat visibility and containment.
• Provide security architecture reviews and guidance on regulatory compliance (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, etc.).
  
  

Leadership & Client Engagement

• Lead a team of incident responders, security consultants, and threat intelligence analysts.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to CISOs, CTOs, and business leaders, helping them align security investments with business objectives.
• Conduct executive briefings, cybersecurity awareness training, and thought leadership on emerging threats.
• Develop security consulting service offerings, go-to-market strategies, and client engagement models.
  
  

✅ Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

• Serve as a key advisor to CISOs, executive leadership, and board members on cyber incidents and risk mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with legal, compliance, IT, and security operations teams to align response efforts with business continuity.
• Establish relationships with law enforcement, government agencies, and third-party cybersecurity vendors.
  
  

✅ Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, CISA, and industry-specific standards.
• Develop and present post-incident reports, root cause analyses (RCAs), and executive summaries to stakeholders.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting metrics to measure the effectiveness of IR operations.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

✅ Required

• 12 years in cybersecurity, with 5 years leading incident response and security consulting teams.
• Proven experience in handling large-scale cyber incidents and executing forensic investigations.
• Strong expertise in data security, resilience planning, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews.
• Proficiency in security tools such as SIEM, EDR, SOAR, forensic analysis tools, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Deep knowledge of frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, NIST 800-61, CIS, ISO 27001, and ITIL incident management.
• Strong leadership, crisis management, and executive communication skills.
  
  

✅ Preferred

• Industry certifications: CISSP, CISM, GCFA, GCIH, CISA, OSCP, or CCISO.
• Experience advising Fortune 500 companies or government agencies on security resilience.
• Knowledge of supply chain security, third-party risk management, and emerging threat landscapes.
  
  

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range

$163,200.00-$204,000.00

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.