The Principal Cybersecurity Analyst will be working on external defense team to ensure indications of compromise are promptly identified and stakeholders are informed with actionable and complete information. This role will assist and coordinate with incident response staff, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and perimeter security teams during response activities and cyber investigations. This position works closely with our ISO for each Business Unit and directly with internal and external customers.
The job involves performing functions related to Network and Perimeter specialized Security Engineers including Web Application Firewall, Email Security, Network and Cloud security. Looking for an energetic, hard charging individual able to keep up in an exciting and fast-moving security operations team that is engaged in several high-profile security projects to enhance Fidelity’s security posture. The candidate will be immersed in a quick changing environment in a very rapid changing threat landscape, working with numerous security professionals. The qualified candidate must be adaptable and able to work in a fast-paced environment where learning new skills and understanding new system architectures quickly is a key to success. Rotational on-call coverage, including weekends, is required.
The Expertise You Have and The Skills You Bring
7 to 9 years of security experience desired, preferably in a matrix-driven corporate environment.
Security experience with any WAF provider, API definitions, custom rules, writing bot management rules and analyzing traffic logs.
Proven experience troubleshooting and simulating HTTP client requests (e.g., curl, postman, HAR file analysis).
Strong understanding of core networking concepts (e.g. – TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, proxy, load-balancing, etc.).
Functional experience with Splunk, SIEM, or other log aggregation & analysis technologies.
Experience with cloud solutions such as AWS or other IaaS/PaaS/SaaS environments.
Ability to interact with both technical and non-technical staff, including management and executives, with experience articulating technical material in business terms.
Functional understanding of network controls and policies to stop cyber threats.
Familiarity with external facing security controls that can stop external attacks that may occur such as WAF tuning, Bot management, API protection, network policy governance, troubleshooting, and incident response.
Familiarity with criminal activities and the attacks that may occur in each layer of the OSI model.
Ability to make information security risk determinations based on intelligence analysis.
Understanding cyber threats, malicious cyber threat actor motivations, and capabilities relevant to regions of interest.
Perimeter and cloud security expert with an outstanding understanding of the latest practices and trends in edge security.
Strong experience in Web application firewall, DDOS, Account Takeover and API Security. Solid knowledge of application & operations security vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10) and mitigation techniques.
Understanding and managing Akamai / AWS / Azure Web Application Firewall security configurations.
Conduct security investigations and lead security incident response in a cross-functional environment and drive incident resolution. Be a technical and process subject matter expert.
Strong knowledge of Email Security (EOP), Email Security, Network IDS/IPS.
Advance experience on Splunk or other SIEM (Security information and event management) Monitoring and Log Analysis Expertise – Web logs, NetFlow and Packet Analysis
Deep familiarity of foundational security principles, techniques, and standard methodologies such as authentication, authorization, logging, monitoring for baseline deviations for detecting external threat attacks.
Intellectually curious and therefore remain abreast of new technologies and developments relating to technical products that might be used enterprise wide and software delivery methodologies.
Proven track record building technical rapport and enduring relationships within diverse teams.
Team player with excellent interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal)
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