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Sr Associate Cybersecurity Engineer – Incident Response

Sr Associate Cybersecurity Engineer – Incident Response

CompanyWorkday
LocationMcLean, VA, USA
Salary$95000 – $169200
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelJunior, Mid Level

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience as a security engineer/analyst in related domains
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
  • Ability to drive multiple projects and priorities while managing operational responsibilities
  • Demonstrated knowledge of adversary TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures)
  • Deep understanding of network and application security threats, attack techniques, and mitigation options and network related protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, IPSEC, routing protocols, etc.)
  • Python, Ruby and other scripting languages is essential, as is a strong understanding of Linux/OSX and Windows
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Experience responding to operational queue work as part of a follow-the-sun model
  • Lead cyber security incident response and investigation efforts. This includes digital forensics and cloud security events
  • Improve threat detection capability by performing gap analyses and remediation
  • Identify where we need to apply additional controls, extra tooling, and automation to extend the coverage of the security monitoring and response capabilities
  • Build and maintain investigation and/or response tools and processes
  • Evaluate new tools and techniques to create innovative and practical security solutions
  • Help drive team development by mentoring new and existing staff

Preferred Qualifications

  • Other relevant certification/s and training (e.g. Offensive Security, SANS, CISSP, Specific Security Tooling, etc.)
  • Experience with cloud security concepts, solutions, and automation
  • Experience in incident response and incident management
  • Experience with threat hunting techniques
  • Experience with SIEM and SOAR security technologies and solutions
  • Experience in performing digital forensics and securely acquiring data from various sources