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Job Description
About This Role
The Security Operations team is responsible for operational management of all Security tools, executing the Security Incident Response process for any alerts or events found within their tools set or from additional sources as well as identifying and scoring risk related to the Enterprise. The role of the IS Security Operations Analyst II is to contribute to the efforts of safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the enterprise infrastructure and information assets across US Cellular. The scope of the position involves configuration updates of key enterprise security tools and initiatives. Additional responsibilities include routine incident investigations and proactive “hunting” through Security tools and logs for potential threats. Included are key security tool such as Web Application Firewalls, WIPS, DLP, File Integrity monitor, Firewall Rule Auditor, Forensics Tools, Vulnerability Scanning Tools, and Key Encryption as well as other security devices and operations.
Essential Functions
* Proactively manages, monitors, and supports enterprise Security Tools with some direction from Security Engineers.
* Participates in the security incident response process including security response team activities.
* Actively protects the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of customer, employee, and business information.
* Provides vulnerability and threat management monitoring and mitigation response.
* Participates in tactical and operational planning of vulnerability assessment activities.
* Promotes Enterprise security team efficiency by accomplishing additional security related results as needed.
* Acts in a supporting role in the execution of EIS projects and initiatives.
* Participates in operations and tactical planning.
* Performs change control and some device configuration management activities.
* Helps Identify events of interest and investigate them for signs of abuse or misuse.
* Provides management level reporting of all critical intrusion or vulnerability detection tools.
Minimum Requirements
Required Experience
* College degree in related technical/business areas or equivalent work experience required
* Good understanding of IT operations: help desk, end-point management, and server management
* Ability to communicat write clearly and speak authoritatively to different kinds of audiences
* Change management skills: Proven change agent
* Flexible and able to adapt to change with some direction
* General knowledge and understanding of UNIX / Linux operating systems.
* Familiarity with common UNIX and Windows utilities, diagnostic and monitoring tools.
* Understanding of technology, operations and key business processes
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Good organizational and interpersonal qualities
* Great teammate with collaboration skills
* Good understanding of network protocols, LAN, WAN, SSL, Firewall, Load Balancer, and DMZ configurations.
* Problem solving skills
* Knowledge of content filtering technologies, application firewalls, vulnerability scanners, LDAP, SAML, forensics software, security incident response
* Understanding of Linux (Red Hat, SUSE), Windows Desktop (Win10) and Server (2012, 2016, & 2019), UNIX (HP/UX, AIX, etc.)
* Familiar with Firewall and Switching technologies (Cisco Firepower 9K, Juniper SRX, Checkpoint, etc.) OSI Model, VPN, IDS/IPS, Proxy/Reverse Proxy, WAF, Two Factor Authentication, RADIUS, Netflow, Anti-SPAM.
* Knowledge of Perl, PowerShell, Python, SQL: Scripting experience with Perl, PowerShell and/or Java is a plus
* Anti-Malware, HIPS, Client based firewall, Whitelisting/Blacklisting technologies, GPO, WMI
Preferred Qualifications
* Minimum 3 years relevant work experience preferred
* Member of SANS or other leading security organizations preferred
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Benefits
Associates have access to healthcare benefits (medical,
dental and vision), retirement plans (a 401(k) plan with
company match and a pension plan funded by the company),
Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks after 6 months of
employment), Basic Life Insurance (if eligibility
requirements are met), Education Assistance (after 3
months of employment), paid Vacation Days (15 days accrued
per year for full-time/6 days accrued per year for
part-time), paid Sick/Care-Giver Days (6 days accrued per
year), and seven paid national holidays and one floating
holiday, among others. Short Term Disability (after 6
months of employment) and Term Disability (180 day waiting
period) coverage is also available for full-time
associates. Associates Scheduled to work under twenty
hours per week or for a limited term are eligible for
medical plans and retirement plans (a 401(k) plan with
company match and a pension plan funded by the company).
U.S. Cellular® is an EEO employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race/color/age/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/veteran status, pregnancy or genetic information.
