Cybersecurity Professional (Attorney or Non-Attorney)

Remote | Full-Time Opportunity (40 hours per week)

Epiq Counsel is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional to support a major global organization operating in a complex and highly regulated environment. This remote fullrole will handle complex cybersecurity, incident response, customer assurance, and cross-functional matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Support ongoing global cybersecurity compliance initiatives.

• Assist with security incident response assessments, investigations, and related compliance obligations.

• Partner with Information Security teams on incident management, cyber risk, and governance matters.

• Respond to customer cybersecurity assessments, security questionnaires, audits, and assurance requests.

• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures.

• Advise internal stakeholders on cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection requirements.

• Review and analyze technical and product-related cybersecurity questions.

• Participate in cross-functional discussions involving product architecture, data flows, security controls, and technical risk management.

Qualifications

Education & Professional Background

• Juris Doctor (JD) required for attorney candidates.

• Non-attorney candidates will be considered based on relevant experience in cybersecurity, privacy, information security, compliance, governance, risk management, or related disciplines.

• Minimum 5 years of cybersecurity compliance, cybersecurity incident response, incident management, privacy, technology compliance, or information security experience.

• Experience supporting Information Security (InfoSec) teams and initiatives.

• Familiarity with global cybersecurity regulations, frameworks, and industry standards, including: NIS2, EU Cyber Resilience Act, ISO 27001.

• Information security program standards and protocols

• Experience supporting customer security questionnaires, assessments, audits, or assurance reviews.

• Ability to understand technical concepts, data flows, system architecture discussions, and cybersecurity controls.

• Comfortable working directly with technical, product, engineering, compliance, and security teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Preferred Experience

• Technology, software, SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud, industrial technology, or data-focused organizations.

• Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) programs.

• Product security or product counseling experience.

• Vendor risk management and third-party security reviews.

• Privacy and cybersecurity program management.

• Experience supporting global compliance initiatives and regulatory programs.

Benefits

• Predominately remote/hybrid work OR Fully remote

• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement

• 401(k) with company match

• PTO and paid federal holidays

• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.