Software Engineer / Analyst | Aws | Incident Management | Power Bi @ Cisco

Software Engineer / Analyst | AWS | Incident Management | Power BI | Vulnerability Management

Who We Are

The Security Operations Team is looking for a Security Operations Engineer to uphold security posture for Cisco. Security Operations focus on three pillars: Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Threat Detection. We deliver a robust security program to help protect a portfolio of products. Deep technical, interpersonal, and relationship building skills are traits of successful employees. We emphasize the importance of working cross-collaboratively to achieve our goals and drive decisions.

• Serve as the incident commander during security incidents.
• Investigate alerts in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.
• Cyber threat identification, analysis and resolution
• Manage queues for vulnerability management tickets, security event tickets, and project tasks.
• Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 coverage.
• Respond to engineering teams with detailed information on vulnerabilities and processes.
• Run Projects scopes independently with limited guidance.
• Build scripts or automation to aid investigations or reduce workload efforts.
• Conduct postmortems on security incidents to identify improvements.
• Evaluate and articulate risk exceptions clearly.
• Participate in audit interviews to provide insights and information.
• Provide evidence requests to compliance teams efficiently.
• Complete tasks aimed at operational improvements.
• Mentor and motivate other team members in cyber threat analysis principles and operational efficiencies
• Create and update documentation playbooks for consistent procedures.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum of 7+ years' experience in Security Operations role or relevant security position
• Experience working in queue work
• Strong experience with SIEMs (Preferred Splunk)
• Strong experience in leading Incidents
• Strong Investigation skills
• Firm understanding of vulnerability management
• Prior experience working on-call rotation

You have proven experience in the security field performing investigations, evaluating alerts, working and advising security best practices in cloud environments, running incidents as an incident commander. You are passionate about the opportunity to be part of an all-star team that is integral to security.

You are motivated to work with multi-functional teams and drive things together to accomplish role objectives. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and seek ownership of large, critical projects. We're looking for people who enjoy crafting solutions to tackle problems rather than focusing on completing tasks as fast as possible.

• Experience working in Cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.)
• Strong documentation skills
• Industry security certifications are a plus