Junior Cyber Security Analyst

Covestro - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

Pittsburgh, PA

5,001-10,000 employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18,000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place. The global Cyber Defense Team at Covestro is looking for a Junior Cyber Security Analyst to join a matrixed organization that has its leadership in Germany. The team is organized into different areas of responsibility (e.g., endpoint security, cloud security, monitoring systems) and the senior employees are responsible for the assigned sub-area. Team members are expected to collaborate and support each other's areas and also assist in monitoring and responding to the security events generated by those systems. The focus of this position is to help build automation and continuous improvement of the security processes in interaction with the company and its service providers, and to support the senior analysts on their duties. Position is based in US (Pittsburgh), but responsibilities are global and include collaboration with Europe/Asia. Overseas travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the performance of our security use cases (frequency and accuracy) and compare those to the response
• Improve automation and SOC/CSIRT processes
• Test the accuracy of the alarms; conduct long-term analysis of triggered alert
• Monitor systems: support senior analysts to significantly increase the degree of automation so that triage and initial processing of security alarms from the security analytics systems are automated as far as possible
• Support senior analysts to establish and control the efficient interaction of the various cloud-based security analytics systems
• In-depth analyses of all security data must be supported
• Support senior analysts to automate response activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security/Cyber Defense or IT Security with 0-1 years of experience
• Motivated and analytical self-starter who can stay organized
• Basic knowledge of security processes (port-mapping, vulnerability identification and remediation, anomaly detection), platforms (networking, firewalls, proxies, cloud and LAN/WAN), risk categorization frameworks (NIST, ISO, IEC)
• Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, regex etc.)
• Willingness to travel internationally, if needed

Nice-to-haves

• Internship experience in IT Security
• Hands on experience in SOC or CERT

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401k match
• Paid time off package
• Stock purchase program
• Educational assistance
• Student loan repayment
• Flexibility
• Maternity/paternity leave