IT Security Analyst

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Primary Purpose:  The Analyst, Information Security will play an integral part in supporting the Vulnerability Management Program, Firewall Auditing Program and supporting other Information Security initiatives across the global enterprise. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical and security background with strong understanding of Operating Systems & Networks; mainly identifying, managing and reducing vulnerabilities impacting the infrastructure. The individual must be hands-on, work under minimal supervision and have the ability to work in a fast-paced small-team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the global Vulnerability Management Program:

• Conduct vulnerability scans and assessments at the network, operating system, database, and application levels. Be able to create custom profiles in the vulnerability scanning tools and run scans on-demand basis or be able to schedule them.
• Vulnerability Identification (including awareness of current vulnerabilities and patches)
• Perform vulnerability scanning and analysis to eliminate false positives and to aggregate findings by specific best practice criteria
• Review reports with responsible parties and work with them to develop remediation plan
• Coordinate directly with all necessary individuals/groups to ensure timely closure on findings
• Manage internal tools and external parties conducting assessments
• In-depth experience supporting enterprise vulnerability management across IaaS, PaaS, and/or SaaS
• Oversee, evaluate and mature the intelligence of data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within the on-prem or cloud. Ensure vulnerabilities are identified as early as possible and mitigated.
• Engineer, test, and deploy custom solutions for reducing vulnerabilities through automation across endpoints
• Expert knowledge of system, application, and database hardening techniques and practices
• Recommend and support remediation/resolution activities associated with any discovered vulnerability in accordance with Tapestry standards

• Firewall Auditing Program job duties:
  • Implement capabilities that detect/report on changes to network infrastructure.
  • Perform periodic reviews of internal and perimeter defenses (Firewalls, Web Proxies, SSL Decryption Solutions) ensuring features are efficiently and properly configured and device configurations meet Corporate Policy and security best practices.
  • Proactively identify issues and recommend configuration settings, security features or third party solutions to mitigate or improve security deficiencies in the IT infrastructure.
  • Work with the firewall and network engineer teams to resolve security related configuration issues.

• Work with the project teams to assist in the test and evaluation of new security solutions.
• Work closely with the Forensics & Incident Response team to investigate security incidents
• Develop security metrics and regularly develop meaningful reports for management review
• Ensure there are no repeat IS security related findings from regulatory and 3rd party exams 
• Maintain and advance industry expertise by reviewing new technologies; and participating in continuing education and training (for example, relevant industry certifications, forums).
• Support security assessments, audits, compliance initiatives, and remediation activities

Required Professional Skills

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years of InfoSec experience – focused on Vulnerability Management & Firewall Auditing
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management and security testing practices and methodologies.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to confidentially discuss and provide guidance on InfoSec topics
• Formal certification in Information Security Management preferred (CISSP or equivalent)
• Experience working in Retail Industry is a plus

Required Technical Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of leading vulnerability scanning tools (Rapid 7 Nexpose & InsightVM, Nessus, Metasploit, Burp, etc.)
• Familiar with Enterprise Firewall management tools such as Firemon, Tufin, AlgoSec.
• Baseline experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls (Netscaler/F5 BigIP), Cisco Routers/Switches, Cisco Wireless AP/Controllers (802.1x).
• A strong understanding of TCP / IP addressing, ports, protocols, services, DNS, DHCP, NAT, PAT, subnetting and CIDR.
• At least 2 years of practical InfoSec experience with hands-on knowledge in security technologies such as firewalls, VPN, IPS/IDS, content filters, Wireless Controllers, AV, SEIM, vulnerability assessment & application security tools and similar
• Ability to interpret application security assessment reports & explain them to application partners
• Strong understanding of Operating System/host (Windows, Unix, Linux, AIX, MAC OS, etc.)

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Managerial Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

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