Senior Counsel, Cybersecurity and Incident Response

Job overview

The Senior Counsel, Cybersecurity and Incident Response role is listed in Washington, DC, with an onsite work arrangement. The base salary range is $157,000–$210,000 per year. The role is part of CoreWeave’s Legal and Government Affairs team, which partners across the company to support innovation and growth. The counsel provides practical legal guidance throughout cybersecurity incidents, helping coordinate investigations, assess notification and disclosure obligations, and guide response through remediation and review. The role also strengthens incident-response governance, playbooks, and exercises for the company’s cloud infrastructure environment.

What you'll do

• Advise throughout the cybersecurity incident lifecycle
• partner with Security, Privacy, IT, Engineering, Product, Communications, Customer Support, Insurance, and business leaders
• direct or support privileged investigations
• assess legal, regulatory, and contractual notification obligations
• draft and review incident communications
• advise on cybersecurity laws and regulatory matters
• and develop incident-response plans, playbooks, notification matrices, escalation criteria, training, and tabletop exercises.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior counsel

cybersecurity

incident response

washington dc

coreweave

full-time

legal and government affairs

cloud infrastructure

data breach response

regulatory compliance

privileged investigations

incident response playbooks

$157k–$210k/year

medical dental vision

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by CoreWeave
• company-paid life insurance
• supplemental life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• tuition reimbursement
• employee stock purchase plan
• mental wellness benefits
• family-forming support
• paid parental leave
• childcare support
• 401(k) with employer match
• flexible PTO
• and catered office and data center lunches.

Why this role

The role combines incident-response legal advice, privileged investigations, regulatory and contractual analysis, and cross-functional work in a global cloud infrastructure environment.

About the employer

CoreWeave is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.