Sr. Security Operations Engineer III

Job Description:

Title: Sr. Security Engineer

Location: Culver City, CA 90230 (Moving to Century City office in August)  Hybrid (2-3 Days/Wk Onsite)

Duration: 6 months Contract to Hire

Responsibilities:

• Detects, identifies, and responds to cyber events, threats, security risks, and vulnerabilities in line with cyber security policies and procedures
• When necessary, lead and coordinate incident response investigators and stakeholders, and security operations center team to effectively investigate and neutralize a security incident
• Communicates with stakeholders and leadership to provide timely and accurate updates on the progress of the response effort
• Mentors and leads junior team members by example and through effective communication via one on one meetings, coaching, informational instruction, or other methods as required
• Completes projects on time, according to instruction, and within requirements described by stakeholders
• Identifies, documents, and blocks TTPs, IOCs, and other artifacts during incident response
• Authors content using query languages and scripting for event enrichment and efficient investigation
• Develops procedures and documentation to support incident response and forensic investigation standard operating procedures
• Contributes to the maintenance and optimization of the organization's incident response plan
• Creates detailed timelines and incident post mortem documentation following investigations
• Conducts threat hunting and analysis using various toolsets based on intelligence gathered
• Partner with the security engineering and platform engineering teams to optimize operations
• Support a program for continuous security controls testing and validation

Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, or with a reputed Services / consulting firm offering security operations consulting or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in IR and forensic response using a variety of toolsets
• Experience in scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python
• Experience in X/SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation Response) platform preferred
• Experience with one or more Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions
• Experience as a leader, mentor, and trainer of team members (not managing team members but will serve as escalation)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Intelligence, or Security Operations
• Professional Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, GCIH, GCIA, GSOC a plus, but are not required