Cyber Security Analyst
Nielsen
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Mexico
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About the role
- Investigating, responding to, and triaging threats and incidents while helping to improve our overall security capabilities
- Perform host/network based forensic investigations to collect and preserve evidence related to incidents
- Managing incoming queues of detection alerts, threat reports and security incidents
- Interact with our Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) to investigate and resolve issues
- Prioritizing and triaging competing incidents to maintain Service Level Agreements (SLA)
- Managing investigations including escalation, organizing unstructured work and engaging resource teams across the company
- Managing urgency and visibility to ensure timely response by all involved parties
- Owning an incident for its full lifecycle, including after action reviews and follow up actions
- Communication and coordination with other cybersecurity professionals, internal teams, and law enforcement agencies as needed to address incidents and threats
- Maintain current knowledge of tools and best-practices in advanced persistent threats; tools, techniques, and procedures of attackers; and forensics and incident response
- Create and maintain documentation including incident response plans, standard operating procedures, and knowledge base articles
- Rotating on-call coverage
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or 1-2 years relevant cybersecurity experience preferred
- Experience with Cybersecurity Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Timeline Analysis or related
- Experience or knowledge of current information security solutions and technologies, including cloud, network and host based products
- Effective and efficient investigative skills across multiple technologies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including a focus on providing continuous, proactive communications to management, peers, and stakeholders while working on incidents
- Ability and willingness to continually learn and hone cybersecurity skills
- Cybersecurity certifications preferred (e.g. CISSP, Sec+, SANS/GIAC)
- Familiarity with Python and Powershell a plus
- Experience automating tasks via scripting or other tools (Tines, or similar SOAR) a plus
Benefits
- Remote work after training
- Workplace Computer Equipment
- Law benefits
- 16 days of vacation after the first year
- Life Insurance
- Major Medical Expense Insurance
- 9% Food Stamps
- 13% Savings Fund
- 50% Vacation Bonus
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Hard Skills & Tools
Cybersecurity Incident ResponseDigital ForensicsTimeline AnalysisPythonPowershellScriptingAutomationAdvanced Persistent ThreatsIncident Response PlansStandard Operating Procedures
Soft Skills
Investigative SkillsCommunication SkillsCoordinationOrganizational SkillsPrioritizationProblem SolvingTeam CollaborationAdaptabilityAttention to DetailContinuous Learning
Certifications
CISSPSecurity+SANS/GIAC