IT Security Specialist

The SECURITY SPECIALIST will be focused on SIEM (Security Information Event Management), Event Management and logging and database activity monitoring technologies in place with global information security practices for a leading financial service corporation.

RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

- Working with Engineering and driving enrollment of technologies
- Conducting gap analysis of coverage and effectiveness of current SIEM and database
- Developing use cases for next generation Security Detection
- Assisting Global Information Security teams responsible for driving successful development and implementation of the Security Information Event Management program
- Database Activity Monitoring across corporate and commercial environments
- Developing and optimizing processes to improve security threat identification and remediation

REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:

- Minimum of 5 years in large-scale enterprise SIEM, incident response, and systems administration
- Experience with SIEM (3 years), Systems Administration (5 years)
- Experience with developing and implementing security processes (3 years),
- Deep knowledge and experience with logging and SIEM tools including but not limited to Q1 QRADAR, Intellitactics, Splunk and Guardium
- Strong understanding of Firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, endpoint security, and application layer gateway technologies
- Operational knowledge of systems, databases and network security engineering best practices
- Experience architecting large scale systems for Database Activity Monitoring and SIEM
- Experience developing and implementing security operations center procedures and process
- Experience to implement simplified security metrics approach that enable executive leaders, line managers, and operational staff to quickly take action on application security related risks
- Solid problem solving and analytical skills; ability to quickly digest issues encountered and recommend an appropriate solution
- Self-motivation/ability to work independently
- Ability to negotiate and bring consensus to diverse priorities of product development and solution teams

NICE TO HAVE:

- CISSP certification (strongly preferred)
- Experiences with regulatory compliance