Cyber Incident Responder

Company :

Highmark Health

This role will manage and investigate live security incidents. Cyber Incident Responders work independently or collaboratively depending on each event and will serve as a subject matter expert who works to improve security processes and procedures. Responders discover opportunities to improve the security posture of the organization and drive process improvements.

• Coordinate and provide expert technical support to enterprise-wide cyber defense technicians to resolve cyber defense incidents. (20%)

• Correlate incident data to identify specific vulnerabilities and make recommendations that enable expeditious remediation. (20%)

• Perform analysis of log files from a variety of sources (e.g., individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, and intrusion detection system [IDS] logs) to identify possible threats to network security. (20%)

• Perform cyber defense incident triage, to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact, identifying the specific vulnerability, and making recommendations that enable expeditious remediation. (10%)

• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting. (10%)

• Perform initial, forensically sound collection of images and inspect to discern possible mitigation/remediation on enterprise systems. (5%)

• Perform real-time cyber defense incident handling (e.g., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and direct system remediation) tasks to support deployable Incident Response Teams (IRTs). (5%)

• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts. (5%)

• Track and document cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution. (5%)

• Other duties as assigned or requested.

• 3 years of Malware Analysis, Digital Forensics, Data/Network Analysis, Penetration testing, or Information Assurance

• 3 years of Cyber Incident Handling

• None

• Identifying, capturing, containing, and reporting malware

• Preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards

• Securing network communications

• Recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks

• Protecting a network against malware (e.g., NIPS, anti-malware, restrict/prevent external devices, spam filters)

• Performing damage assessments

• Using security event correlation tools

• Design incident response for cloud service models

• Bachelors in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering, or other related field.

• 6 years of experience with information security and systems analysis and experience working within an information security function using the HITRUST Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF), or the NIST 800-83 cyber security framework

• None

• None

• Cyber Incident/Security Certifications

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

• Two of the following certifications: CISSP, GCFA, GCIH, GCFE, GNFA, GREM or GCCC

None

0% - 25%

Position Type

Office- or Remote-based

Teaches / trains others

Occasionally

Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

No

Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds

Occasionally

Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds

Rarely

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