Why work at Kivu?
Our employees become part of a team of experts who cover a wide range of interesting and challenging projects. By working at Kivu, you’ll stay on top of cutting edge technologies, and you will realize the personal satisfaction of making a real difference to the businesses we serve. We will always value your contributions, and we will do our best to make it possible for you to balance an exciting professional and personal life.
We Invest in Our People
As a member of the Kivu team, you will:
- Work with top-tier colleagues
- Learn the latest technologies
- Develop your leadership skills
Kivu’s Culture
Kivu has developed an organizational culture that empowers individuals to do their best work. Our team members are highly technical, have an understanding of what makes people tick, and a sense of humor is always appreciated. They have the ability to rapidly shift gears between a technical and investigative mindset, have excellent research skills, and are able to analyze and synthesize data from different sources.
Kivu’s Values
Kivu’s has ten core values: Client Service, Professionalism, Fairness, Integrity, Respect, Trust, Diversity, Excellence, Teamwork and Entrepreneurship. These values permeate everything we do, and every case we handle. Read more about Kivu Values (PDF)
Employment Benefits
In order to attract and retain some of the best and brightest in the industry, Kivu offers highly competitive compensation and benefits programs. These include:
- Substantial training (both in-house and at nationally recognized institutions)
- Time off plan that includes vacation, sick and holiday time
- Competitive medical and dental benefits
- Bonus program
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (including an employer match)
- Commuter Plan
Job openings
Become a part of the Kivu team
Please email a resume and detailed cover letter (outlining how you fit the position’s requirements) to: hr@kivuconsulting.com
Jr Analyst - San Francisco CA
Kivu Consulting, leading computer forensics, and investigations firm is seeking an experienced Jr. Analyst who will be located in the San Francisco CA office. The position may require some travel (paid for by the company)
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Knowledge of security risk assessments
- Reactive incident response and computer forensics (ransomware is a plus)
- High-level of customer service and communications with clients around the country
- Deploying various technical, analytical, and legal tactics in a fast-paced environment
- Remain abreast of computer networks, hardware, communications, and connectivity
- Participate in engagements related to preemptive data breach response; analytic and reporting for litigation, data breaches, and regulatory response; workplace and employment issues, including theft of trade secrets, and; investigations related to network breaches/unauthorized access of data through computer forensics and incident response
- Deliver exceptional client services, including communicating with the client throughout the entire project lifecycle to better understand client needs
- Remain highly responsive and ensure all deadlines are met
- Perform data breach response, cyber risk/security assessments, and remain involved in phases such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and log configuration
- Engage with attackers directly to resolve cyber extortion incidents
- Participate in CSIRP development and gap analysis, tabletop exercises, incident response and computer forensics, and data breach response with best practices
- Experience with scan/assessment tools such as Metasploit, Nessus, Burp Suite, Core Impact, and/or others
- Handle web application exploitation, server and client-side attacks, and protocol subversion
- Perform IT System and Network Audits; write technical reports
Required qualifications:
- 1 to 3 years of experience described above
- Enthusiastic about delivering the highest quality results to clients on time and on budget
- Able to triage multiple cases simultaneously
- Self-driven to deliver the highest level of results for clients
- Familiarity with Windows, Linux, Mac, and UNIX systems
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, or other related fields in preferred.
- SANS Institute Cyber Security Certifications
- EnCE (EnCase)
- Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) or other relevant security certifications are preferred
- Proficient in one of more of the following languages: C, C++, Visual Basic, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl
- Knowledgeable of encryption and encoding methods, communication protocols, and algorithms
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- Cybersecurity: 1 year (Required)
Education:
- Bachelor’s (Preferred)
Location:
- San Francisco, CA (Required)
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Additional Compensation:
- Bonuses
Work Location:
- One location
Please email a resume and detailed cover letter (outlining how you fit the above requirements) to hr@kivuconsulting.com
Marketing Associate - National
Kivu Consulting, leading computer forensics, and investigations firm is seeking an experienced Marketing Associate/”SEO Rockstar” to join the team to assist with and handle our various marketing needs. The ideal candidate will have a background in marketing and experience with web analytics tools/applications and creating marketing strategies. Experience in the I/T field is a plus.
The Marketing Associate can be located either in the Washington, D.C., Reston, Virginia or New York City office. The position may require some travel (paid for by the company)
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Developing engaging campaigns/strategies to drive traffic/increase revenue to our website.
- Analyzing marketing data/metrics.
- Creating promotional events, compelling content, print ads and helping to develop media strategies.
- Creating new branding guidelines, logo for emails, PowerPoint, Letterhead Kivu templates, etc.
- Redesigning the marketing collateral to match the website/new branding guidelines
- Improving social media presence
- Managing the LinkedIn page and Twitter account
- Managing the website/content creation
Required qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years of Marketing experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Marketing, PR, Advertising or a relevant field
- Branding, social media, website work, email advertising, and media campaign experience
- SEO Marketing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of, or experience in the cybersecurity industry
- Event planning experience
- NetSuite or HubSpot experience
Job Type: Full-time
Please email a resume and detailed cover letter (outlining how you fit the above requirements) to hr@kivuconsulting.com
Security Architect - Washington, DC
Kivu Consulting, leading computer forensics, and investigations firm is seeking an experienced Sr Security Architect. The right candidate will join a team of security professionals that are working with our client base to address security architecture needs. This position is at the Kivu Associate Director level.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Working as a virtual Architect with 2-3 clients to help them to develop and implement a security architecture.
- Most of our clients have a cloud presence and experience having worked hands-on with cloud service providers is required.
- Part of the day to day activities is the review of network and server level documentation and the development of blueprints of security architectures for clients.
- We are looking for an architect, not for an engineer.
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor, technical degree preferred.
- 5+ years experience.
- CISSP by ISC2
- Close to an East or Central time zone Kivu office
- Experience with security architecture frameworks and concepts e.g. SABSA or other frameworks/concepts
- Experience with Cloud Security (Azure/O365 and AWS)
- Network level security (LAN)
- System Level security (Windows and Linux)
- At least 2 years of experience working in consulting
- Experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems (IDS/IPS), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions
Preferred Qualifications
- Information System Security Architect Professional (ISSAP) by ISC2
- AWS Certified Security by Amazon
- Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) by ISC2
- Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge by CSA
- Certified Cloud Security Specialist (CCSS) by GSTF
- Azure Security Engineer Associate (ASEA) by Microsoft
Job Type: Full Time
Experience:
- Cyber Security: 5 years (Required)
Education:
- Bachelor’s (Required)
License:
- CISSP by ISC2 (Required)
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Additional Compensation:
- Bonuses
Work Location:
- One location
- Remote/Work from home
Please email a resume and detailed cover letter (outlining how you fit the above requirements) to hr@kivuconsulting.com
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