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Junior Systems Security Analyst
Experian
Allen, TX, United States
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Description
The Global Security Operation Center is responsible for the collection, analysis, identification, and escalation of security incidents for all of Experian's business units, which include 17,000+ employees across more than 40 countries, customers in more than 80 countries, and SOC staff in two countries.
The Experian GSOC was established nearly 8 years ago. Various team members have presented at several local and national conferences and information security group meetings. Current projects include a number of custom application integrations, new business unit and data center integrations, creative use cases for security alerts and trend reporting, and ambitious goals for next generation monitoring using Hadoop, Splunk, and open source tools.
The Experian GSOC is a close, diverse team of professionals in 4 distinct roles: SIEM Engineers, Cyber Security Engineers, Security Analysts, and Threat Intelligence. These individuals also work closely with the vulnerability management team (including in-house and external pen testing) and a number of other security teams, technical SMEs, and business unit contacts. There is a high expectation of excellence as well as personality, but with excellence also comes flexibility and opportunity.
Job Description
The Jr. Security Analyst will be responsible for monitoring the for security events leveraging various analytical tools and will triage security incidents as necessary. Jr. Analysts are responsible for the initial assessment and information gathering of the incident.
Analysts:
• Investigate incidents using SIEM technology, packet captures, reports, data visualization, and pattern analysis.
• Analyze, escalate, and assist in remediation of critical information security incidents.
• Improve and challenge existing processes and procedures in a very agile and fast moving information security environment.
• Security analysts should have expert knowledge of:
◦ Information security policies and goals
◦ Log analysis and event traffic patterns
◦ The current IT threat landscape and upcoming trends in security
Required Experience:
1+ years’ experience of one of the following:
• Network operations or engineering
• System administration on Unix, Linux, or Windows
• General technical skills, includes TCP/IP knowledge, networking and security product experience
• Willingness to acquire in-depth knowledge of network- and host security technologies and products (such as firewalls, network IDS, scanners) and continuously improve these skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, able to train and coach other team members
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desired Experience:
• 2 years of information security related experience, in areas such as: security operations, incident analysis, incident handling, and vulnerability management or testing, system patching, log analysis, intrusion detection, or security device administration.
• Relevant technical and industry certifications are a plus, e.g. GIAC certifications
• Exposure to security monitoring technologies, such as SIEM, IPS/IDS
Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required