Senior Cyber Incident Responder

PG&E Corporation•Concord, CA

48d•Hybrid

About The Position

The ideal candidate for this position will be knowledgeable regarding cyber security standards and technologies, specifically focused on infrastructure within cloud environments. This position will provide the opportunity to work in an environment with a focus on threat identification, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence fusion. Candidate will be a part of a highly collaborative, dynamic, responsive, and agile team providing incident response and cyber defense services to on-prem and cloud infrastructure. Additionally, this position will help organize and plan cyber incident response exercises and workshops, collaborating and building relationships with different functional areas of the business, and writing after-action reports. This role is primarily responsible for system-based defense to support forensic analysis of compromised devices, endpoint log analysis, development, delivery, and enforcement of response and remediation activities across the organization. Candidate will also be responsible for development of advanced mitigations to ensure defensive resiliency. Daily activities will include collection and analysis of potentially compromised systems, malware analysis, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts. In this role, the candidate will work cross-functionally in a diverse teaming environment with various internal points of contacts and handoffs. The role is hybrid and is expected to be in-person at least three days per week in the SIOC in Concord, CA. PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs. Pay range is: $122,000.00 - $173,800.00

Requirements

High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
4 years experience in IT-Information Technology security, including working in Security Operations Centers

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Previous experience supporting cyber defense analysis of cloud networks in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Formal IT Security/Network Certification, such as WCNA, CompTIA Security +, Cisco CCNA, SANS GCIH, GMON, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GICSP, GCFR, GCTD, or other relevant certifications
Utility Industry experience
Previous experience working with various SIEM technologies.
Experience with scripting in Python/PowerShell
Malware reverse engineering skills

Responsibilities

Maintain knowledge of adversary activities, including intrusion tactics, attack techniques and operational procedures.
Investigate and respond to escalated potential cybersecurity incidents
Forensic analysis of potential evidence
Analysis of potentially malicious files
Analysis of security event logs from a variety of sources
Network packet capture analysis
Lead incident response efforts, coordinating resources as needed
Work alongside other cyber teams to recommend and facilitate security control improvements, refine security operations workflows
Plan and organize incident response exercises and workshops
Documentation of after-action reports including summarization for executive review
Provide guidance to junior analysts
Share on-call responsibility outside of business hours, onsite and remote