Desired Skills and Experience

  • Experience in a 24x7 global enterprise, preferably in the Financial industry
  • CISSP or SANS GIAC certifications preferred
  • Knowledge of tools such as; Splunk, Vulnerability Management (Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7), Elastic Search and preferred.
  • Basic coding/scripting knowledge preferred (Python)
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Understanding of the business and the ability to assess and address risk without negatively impacting the business
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team
  • Ability to show initiative and take on new tasks as assigned
  • Ability to effectively communicate risk as it relates to the business
  • In depth knowledge of Security Event Management systems
  • In depth understanding of Windows operating systems
  • In depth understanding Unix & Linux operating systems
  • In depth understanding of database systems
  • Strong understanding of network technologies
  • Excellent understanding of system administration best practices
  • Strong knowledge of networking and internetworking technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc.)
  • General knowledge of incident response processes and procedures
  • General knowledge of the functions of various security infrastructure, including firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Proxy Servers, Security Event Managers, VPNs
  • Ability to provide 24-hour on-call support