Senior Information Security Engineer – Incident Response

Job Description and Requirements

The Synopsys Information Security team is searching for a Senior Information Security Engineer – Incident Response who will be an integral part of the Security Operations group.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and assign security alerts and monitor environments for security issues.
• Escalation point for Tier 1 analysts.
• Continually improve cyber security procedures and documentation.
• Communicate with users, vendors, and other IT personnel on security-related issues.
• Provide mentoring to junior members to advance their skillsets and the teams capabilities.
• Keep up to date on evolving cyber threats, identify their impact and detect them in our environment.
• On-Call during off-hours.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with business groups
• Basic knowledge of security technologies:  SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, EDR, UBA.
• Knowledgeable of Threat Hunting practices.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, O365)
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and NIST Cyber Security Frameworks standards and requirements and ability to apply them to an enterprise environment.
• In depth understanding of Windows operating systems.
• Plus: General knowledge of Unix, Linux, and Mac operating systems.
• Plus: Functional and practical experience with at least one development or scripting language/framework (e.g. PowerShell, Python, .Net) and regular expressions.
• 3+ years in an Incident Response, Digital Forensics or SOC role.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Hold or willingness to obtain certifications such as CSIH, GSEC, GCIH, GCFE, Associate CISSP or other relevant security certifications.