Prudential Financial - Newark, NJ

posted 4 months ago

Part-time - Mid Level
Newark, NJ
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

As an Automation Engineer Lead in Global Technology's Cyber Defense and Response team at Prudential, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the security posture of the organization. Your primary responsibility will be to partner with other security professionals to improve the company's defenses against cybersecurity threats. This position requires you to explain complex concepts clearly and influence others to adopt best practices in security. You will be tasked with developing correlative response automation and will be relied upon for your expertise in Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR). At times, you will serve as an incident commander, coordinating responses to security incidents and working closely with colleagues involved in threat analysis, threat hunting, incident response, insider risk, threat intelligence, and readiness. On a typical day, you will engage in highly complex project and operational work, taking ownership of solutions and processes. You will provide guidance to junior team members and identify, orchestrate, implement, and document improvements for all aspects of the Cyber Defense and Response team. Your role will also involve implementing Agile practices in collaboration with other technology teams to bolster Prudential's security posture. Proactive engagement with IT peers and business stakeholders will be essential to ensure an appropriate Information Security mindset is integrated into our technology and business operations.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with security professionals to enhance the company's cybersecurity defenses.
  • Develop correlative response automation for incident response.
  • Serve as an incident commander during security incidents.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
  • Identify and implement solutions for improvement within the Cyber Defense and Response team.
  • Engage proactively with IT peers and business stakeholders to promote an Information Security mindset.
  • Implement Agile practices in collaboration with other technology teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Digital Forensics, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
  • Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and leverage diverse ideas effectively.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong management and leadership skills.
  • Experience in data analysis at scale.
  • Proficiency in command-line based operations.
  • Proven experience in digital forensics and incident response, ideally in large corporate/government environments.
  • Experience performing host, log, memory, network, and cloud forensics.
  • Familiarity with operating system scripting utilizing Bash or PowerShell.
  • Experience conducting digital forensic examinations of Windows, Linux, and OSX endpoints.
  • Experience with CI/CD operations.
  • Advanced experience with Python or another object-oriented programming language.
  • Experience using Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and the Search Processing Language (SPL).
  • Experience with Kusto Query Language (KQL).
  • Experience implementing and customizing Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as code and creating and consuming APIs.

Nice-to-haves

  • GCFE, GCFA, GNFA, GREM, or similar industry-accepted certifications.
  • Experience reversing and analyzing malicious software.
  • Experience with Front-end frameworks for web development.

Benefits

  • Market competitive base salaries with yearly bonus potential.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability insurance.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and leave of absences, including parental and military leave.
  • 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
  • Company-funded pension plan.
  • Wellness Programs with reimbursement for personal wellbeing needs.
  • Work/Life Resources for various personal support topics.
  • Tuition Assistance for traditional college enrollment and accredited certificate programs.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a discount after one year of service.
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