Senior CSIRT Consultant

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What you’ll be doing...

Verizon’s Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) works alongside security services teams, IT staff, and key stakeholders to manage incident response efforts. You will drive incident triage, containment, change management reviews, and operational risk reduction.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Monitoring incident information from managed security services to classify and prioritize incidents.
• Facilitating communication between stakeholders to coordinate containment efforts.
• Reviewing proposed infrastructure changes for potential security impact.
• Validating eradication and recovery actions to ensure complete incident resolution.
• Analyzing incident response outcomes to drive continuous process improvements.
• Managing monitoring and analytics solutions proactively to reduce risk.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Three or more years’ experience in a dedicated security position.
• Experience in security operations, risk management, operational management, and/or consultant management.
• Fluency in written and oral Japanese and business-level fluency in spoken English.

Even better if you have:

• Ability to communicate and engage effectively with customers at both technical and executive levels.
• Ability to apply problem-solving and security analytics to identify process gaps and recommend mitigations.
• Strong SIEM (SPLUNK, QRadar, etc) and log analytics skills.
• SANS or other Security certifications, such as GCIA, GCIH, GREM, GPEN, CEH.
• CISSP Certification.
• Leadership skills and a proactive approach to resolving customer issues.
• Ability to excel in high pressure environments.
• ITIL Foundations training / certification.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001 requirements.
• Experience in Security Operation Centre (SOC) processes.
• Knowledge of common types of malware, their infection vectors, how to identify them using network and host based tools, how to eradicate them and verify the success of eradication efforts.
• Knowledge of current security threats and vulnerabilities, how to detect and mitigate them, ability to understand their possible consequences on the customer’s environment.
• Understanding of modern technologies used to detect malware and vulnerabilities and protect assets.
• Understanding of modern network and cloud technologies.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.