IT Security Analyst

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture.  The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes.  Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.  In 2021, Costco contributed over $58 million to organizations such as United Way and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks seventh in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

The Security Analyst has broad responsibilities for supporting the overarching values and business goals of Costco Travel as they relate to meeting legal, ethical, and regulatory obligations; protecting member privacy; and maintaining a secure technology environment. Security Analysts develop and execute security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal/external attacks, infiltration of company data, and compromising of systems and accounts. Security Analysts research attempted/successful efforts to compromise systems security; design countermeasures; implement and maintain physical, technical, and administrative security controls; and provide information to management regarding the negative impact to the business. The Security Analyst provides consultative services, works with vendors for product consideration and recommendation, performs monitoring and auditing of information system activities, creates and maintains documentation related to policies, standards and procedures, evaluates and recommends security controls and performs security risk assessments.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

  ROLE

●    Provides security and technical expertise to support the development of security objects to satisfy business requirements.

●    Analyzes and administers security policies to control physical and virtual system access.

●    Identifies and investigates security issues and develops security solutions that address compliance requirements that can/ do impact security.

●    Identifies, develops, and implements mechanisms to detect security incidents in order to enhance compliance and support of the security standards and procedures.

●    Assesses business role requirements, reviews authorization roles, and supports authorizations.

●    Demonstrates a comprehensive skill set with testing authorizations for multiple environments and coordinates testing with business/technical users.

●    Validates system configurations to ensure the safety of information systems assets and protects information systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.

●    Implements best practice when applying knowledge of information systems security standards/practices (e.g.access control and system hardening, system audit and log file monitoring, security policies, and incident handling).

●    Designs and coordinates activities/engagements with other departments (loss prevention, legal, networking, etc.).

●    Identifies security gaps that expose Costco to potential exploit and develop short and long term prioritized remediation to address those gaps.

●    Develops and executes security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal/external data infiltrations.

●    Determines strategy and protocol for network behavior, analysis techniques, and tool implementation.

●    Identifies and resolves problems often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options; and implements solutions that support the business.

●    Provides subject matter expertise in systems security policies, standards/practices, protocols, and technologies.

●    Configures, deploys, maintains, and supports security tools.

●    Protects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information from being disclosed to unauthorized parties.

●    Creates dashboards, configures alerts, implements and supports security software platforms, and monitors tools/apps.

●    Identifies opportunities for streamlining, and increasing effectiveness through continuous process improvement.

●    Implements practices, processes, and procedures consistent with Costco's information security policy and IT standards.

●    Develops and documents security events and incident handling procedures into Playbooks.

●    Ensures that incident documentation is comprehensive, accurate, and complete.

●    Triages, prioritizes, investigates, and coordinates security events and incident handling activities.  

REQUIRED

●    4 years of verifiable Information Security related experience.

●    Demonstrate the ability to clearly communicate Information Security matters (risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, etc.) to both technical and non-technical audiences (including executives, auditors, and end users).

●    Ability to interpret information security data and processes to identify potential compliance issues.

●    Ability to quickly understand security systems in order to identify and validate security requirements.

●    Knowledge and understanding of PCI, GDPR, SOX, CCPA and other regulatory directives.

●    Experience implementing vulnerability scanning technologies and performing vulnerability scans and assessments utilizing tools such as Nessus.

●    Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technologies and processes.

●    Demonstrate strong understanding of Windows, Unix/Linux, networking, telephony, and wireless security skills.

●    Experience administering and using at least three of the following technologies: IDS/IPS systems, security information and event correlations systems, DLP products, endpoint security technologies, encryption technologies, penetration testing tools, firewalls, content filtering, anti-virus, Web Application Firewalls, and secure code application development and testing tools.

●    Strong working knowledge of network topologies and protocols (such as TCP, UDP, TLS, SFTP, SMTP, NTP, NetBIOS and DHCP).

●    Working knowledge of information systems security standards and practices (e.g., access control and system hardening, system audit and log file monitoring, security policies, and incident handling).

●    Must be self-motivated and able to coordinate with others to implement changes.

●    Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks, projects and ability to work with little or no supervision.

●    Able to support off hours work as required including evenings, weekends, holidays.

●    Must be team oriented and willing to assist other members when needed.  

Recommended 

●    A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field.

●    CISSP, GIAC, SANS or equivalent security certifications desired.

●    Experience with Security testing of enterprise networks.

●    Experience with tools such as Nmap, NetCat and Enum.

●    Experience with File Integrity Management tools.

●    Experience with packet sniffers and analysis of packet captures in support of security event research and analysis.

●    Experience with current web-server security and maintenance (Apache, IIS, Java, etc.).

●    Experience with web application security, secure coding and OWASP.

●    Excellent problem determination/troubleshooting and analytical skills.

●    Experience with penetration testing tools, leading incident response teams, and ethical hacking techniques.

●    Experience using forensic tools and performing forensic collections.

●    Experience designing processes and creating policies and standards based on industry best practices.

●    Knowledge of cloud security practices and containerization concepts.

●    Understanding of risk management and risk evaluations of security or incident events.  

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume 

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Pay Ranges: 

Level 2  - $95,000 - $125,000

Level 3  - $1515000 - $145,000

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.

Salary : $58 - $95,000