We are looking for a seasoned professional who thrives under pressure and is eager to take charge during critical incidents. Ideal candidates for the Senior Cyber Incident Response Engineer role will be able to enhance our detection and response capabilities, utilizing knowledge and experience gained from continuous self-learning.

In this role, you'll lead collaborative response efforts across various teams, ensuring swift and effective resolution.  When you’re not in the heat of an incident, you’ll be working to make a tangible impact on our security posture through development and automation.

Our team is composed of individuals from various backgrounds and experiences, fostering a rich and inclusive culture where everyone’s voice is heard and valued.  Every day brings new and exciting challenges. You’ll have the opportunity to tackle complex problems, think creatively, and push the boundaries of what’s possible in cybersecurity.

Job Responsibilities 

Establish and maintain strong working relationships with all teams required to support cyber incident response including other enabling areas of businessMaintains rotating on-call availability for a 24x7x365 coverageProvides technical services needed for cyber incident response investigations including, containment, eradication and remediation activities.Assists in determination of incident severity.Assists in assessing scope of incident.Responsible for maintaining documentation throughout a cyber incidentAssist in the drafting of post-incident reports to senior leadership to convey impact, origin, root cause, and remediation.Oversee or perform digital forensic services including, but not limiting to, collection, documentation, preservation and analysis of incident evidence.Mentor junior engineers in security knowledge and experience in technologies and methodologies as it relates to operating systems, firewalls, proxies, access controls, encryption, networking, programming/scripting, auditing, vulnerability assessments, intrusion management and operations management to assist the Threat and Vulnerability Management team with effective research, data gathering, analysis, metrics reporting and communications.Provide guidance using specialized knowledge and toolsets to operational teams during enterprise-wide crisis scenarios, e.g. large-scale production service outages, outside of the routine change management process.

Job Qualifications

 

Education 

Bachelors in related field or equivalent years of experience is required. (Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested).

Experience

5 years - Experience in related field required.Technical Training ExperienceAdvanced experience in forensics and e-discoveryAdvanced experience with event and log correlationAdvanced experience with Networking components (routers, switches, load balancers, wireless access points, etc.)Advanced experience with intrusion management and its components

Skills/Certifications

Comprehensive understanding of Security Methodologies Detailed knowledge of Cyber Incident Response servicesEnriches team value by creating training and knowledge sharing opportunitiesComprehensive knowledge of firewalls, proxies, mail servers and web serversComprehensive knowledge of client/server relationshipsComprehensive knowledge of relational databases and structured query languageComprehensive understanding of encryption algorithms and ciphersComprehensive knowledge of malicious code (worms, viruses, spyware, etc.)

Number of Openings Available:

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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