Data Protection Incident Responder - USDS

Team Intro
The US Security and Privacy Operations - Data Protection Incident Responder will report to the USDS Resiliency Operations Center Lead. This position is responsible for managing incidents that are escalated from business units to investigate, coordinate cross-functional triage and mitigation activities, remediation coordination and tracking, reporting and communication, and escalate to the Enterprise Incident Response Lead if the incident reaches a crisis threshold.

In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.

Responsibilities
- Ensure incident response processes are executed to support incident remediation activities, communications, and connection to crisis management if necessary.
- Communicate incident response concepts and protocols in a digestible manner to non-technical audiences.
- Supports tracking/maintenance/advancement/executiton of USDS Incident Response projects.
- Active participation in incident response activities and escalation to crisis as needed.
- Know incident response plans and procedures, including identification, remediation, containment, and eradication procedures.
- Know Crisis Management Plans and procedures, thresholds, and execute activation procedures.
- Synthesize technical details of critical incidents to executive management and provide immediate containment and eradication recommendations.