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Senior Counsel, Cyber Security and Incident Response

Livingston, NJ💼 Full-time💰 $157,000–$157,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior legal counsel providing real-time advice, governance, and strategic guidance for cybersecurity incidents, data breaches, and regulatory compliance in a global cloud infrastructure environment.

Role type

Senior in-house legal counsel (cybersecurity & incident response)

Builds

Incident response governance, legal playbooks, notification matrices, and scalable compliance controls for a high-growth AI cloud platform.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Cybersecurity / Legal & Regulatory Compliance

Deliverable

Dashboards & analysis (legal risk assessment, incident lifecycle management)

Required skills

Cybersecurity incident lifecycle management, privileged investigations, breach notification assessment, executive communication drafting, regulatory framework analysis, cross-functional stakeholder coordination, technical fact translation, crisis decision-making

Preferred skills

Public company cybersecurity disclosure experience, ransomware/supply-chain incident expertise, incident response plan development, privacy/cybersecurity certifications (CIPP/US, CISSP)

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Provide timely legal advice during incident triage, investigation, containment, and remediation; assess notification obligations under cybersecurity, privacy, and securities laws; draft executive updates, regulatory notices, and law-enforcement communications; lead or support privileged investigations and forensic engagements; develop and test incident response plans and legal playbooks; advise on cybersecurity regulatory trends and translate requirements into operational controls.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope

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