Cybersecurity Manager in Katowice

Location: Katowice - 2 days office / 3 days remote

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY. We are delighted to invite you to join the Cybersecurity Detection & Response (CDR) team within the GDS PL Consulting division. This role focuses on leading the design, delivery, and improvement of security monitoring, detection, investigation, and response capabilities across different technologies and operating environments.

As a Cybersecurity Manager, you will lead complex CDR engagements and workstreams, combining technical knowledge with consulting, delivery, and people-management responsibilities. Depending on client needs, you may shape a security solution, lead an implementation, assess an existing SOC or CSIRT capability, define a target operating model, or guide the improvement of detection and response processes.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead CDR engagements and workstreams from planning and solution design through delivery and closure.
• Design practical solutions across security monitoring, detection engineering, incident response, automation, and security operations.
• Apply AI-enabled capabilities to improve detection, investigation, response, automation, and security operations, with appropriate validation and human oversight.
• Guide SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, log management, integration, migration, and detection content activities.
• Translate client requirements, risks, and operational challenges into clear solution designs, delivery plans, and improvement roadmaps.
• Facilitate workshops and communicate recommendations to technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Lead, coach, and review the work of consultants while supporting their professional and technical development.
• Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, solution development, effort estimation, presentations, and client discussions.
• Support team planning, workload allocation, utilization, recruitment, knowledge development, and practice priorities.
• Develop reusable CDR methods, accelerators, service offerings, and delivery assets.

Skills And Attributes For Success:

• Strong professional experience in cybersecurity detection and response, security operations, incident response, or related consulting services.
• Demonstrable experience across multiple CDR areas, such as SIEM, detection engineering security automation, incident response, transformation, governance, or operating model design.
• Experience leading cybersecurity projects, workstreams, or multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Ability to design CDR solutions that address business requirements.
• Understanding of how AI can be applied within CDR, including its opportunities, limitations, security risks, validation requirements, and need for human oversight.
• Strong understanding of detection use-case development, security data management, incident response, and security operations processes.
• Experience engaging senior technical and business stakeholders and translating complex requirements into practical recommendations.
• Experience managing scope, delivery quality, risks, dependencies, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to lead teams, review deliverables, resolve delivery issues, and provide clear direction in complex environments.
• Experience contributing to proposals, RFP responses, solutioning, effort estimation, or business development activities.
• Strong communication, presentation, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience with SOAR, security workflow automation, or security tool integrations.
• Working knowledge of query and scripting languages.
• Experience using AI-enabled capabilities within SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, or related cybersecurity platforms.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, and established incident response methodologies.
• Experience with cloud security monitoring across Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Relevant cybersecurity or technology certifications.
• Consulting background.
• Additional European language skills (German, French, Spanish).

What We Look For:

We are looking for an experienced cybersecurity professional who combines strong technical expertise in Cyber Detection & Response with leadership and consulting capabilities. The ideal candidate is comfortable leading complex engagements, working with diverse stakeholders, and driving meaningful security improvements in challenging environments. They demonstrate a collaborative mindset, commercial awareness, and a passion for developing people while delivering high-quality client outcomes.

What We Offer:

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations – Argentina, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy.

In compliance with the requirements of the Whistleblower Protection Act, our company has established the Procedure for reporting breaches of law and undertaking appropriate follow-up actions. Any misconduct should be reported through the EY Ethics Hotline.