Cyber Security Engineer

Company: 7-Eleven
Location: Irving
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

--- About This OpportunityWe are more interested in aptitude and attitude, than experience with specific security tools. Let us know your history, but of more interest is your grasp of technical concepts, not specific user interfaces. We want team members who will take ownership of issues and drive them to resolution, not simply perform tasks as assigned. You will work with and act as a subject matter expert (SME) on at least one specialization within the Security Operations domain. You must have a passion for learning new technologies, not simply working with what you already know. You will be provided with the tools to produce your own career success, but are expected to seize them and create that success. You will be challenged in a fast-paced environment, but success in handling these challenges will not go unnoticed or unrewarded.
--- Responsibilities:

• You will be a key player on a team responsible for all aspects of Cyber Defense within 7-Eleven. You will be a SME in at least one area listed below, and are expected to have full professional knowledge of security concepts and company objectives to resolve a wide range of issues in effective and sometimes creative ways, in all of the following domains. As an advanced engineer, you are expected to do these things with little technical direction and with only general guidance on new assignments:
• Incident response (to include triage, playbooks, investigation, write-ups, escalations)
• Forensic analysis
• Malware analysis
• Protocol analysis
• Endpoint protection
• Data loss prevention
• Email security
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Threat research and creation of compensating controls
  • Assist in developing and maintaining cyber security policies, standards, processes and workflows.
  • Provide suggestions to team lead/manager in creating your professional development and training plan.
  • Prioritize taskings and projects assigned based on importance to accomplishment of business objectives. Occasionally assist junior teammates with maintaining proper prioritization.
  • Solve diverse and complex issues where analysis of situations and data requires in-depth evaluation of identifiable factors. Provide escalation support and technical guidance to teammates in areas where you are a SME.
  • Work on projects assigned to you, in effort to advance partnership opportunities between Cyber Defense Operations (CDO) team and other business areas.
  • Work with senior engineers to define cyber security requirements for current and future state end-to-end architectures and platforms to advance security controls and the security posture of the business.
  • Assist senior engineers in collaborating with development and engineering teams to prioritize security risks, provide mitigation or remediation recommendations, and implement compensating controls.
  • Perform risk quantification and third-party risk management reviews as required.
  • Perform cyber security platform testing, and work with other teams to ensure vulnerability remediation and operating system hardening to reduce attack surface.
  • Assist in performing proof-of-concept testing for cyber security solutions under consideration for purchase and implementation.
  • Work with senior engineers in identifying cyber security products and technologies that can enhance 7-Eleven's mission by providing appropriate protection for all data in our environment, or sent or received to/from various public or private clouds, or the Internet at large.
  • Consistently demonstrate 7-Eleven Leadership Principles for Cyber Defense Operations team.
    --- Qualifications:Education/Experience
    • Bachelor's degree in related field, Master's preferred, or equivalent experience
    • 5 years of related experience with Bachelor's, 3 years with Master's
    • Experience with at least one major SOAR and one major SIEM product
    • Familiarity with operation of other security devices (firewall, proxy server, VPN, IPS, etc.)
    • Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP protocols Certification/Licenses
      • Must have: At least one entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena or equivalent experience
      • Preferred: At least one non-entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena (CISSP, CISM, GISP, etc.) or equivalent experience

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