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This role resides in the VMware Security Business Unit, VMware Carbon Black, which is the leader in cloud-native endpoint protection dedicated to keeping the world safe from cyber-attacks. The VMware Carbon Black Cloud consolidates endpoint protection and IT operations into an endpoint protection platform (EPP) that prevents advanced threats, provides actionable insight, and enables businesses of all sizes to simplify operations.
Job Role and Responsibilities:
This person will play a critical role on the VMware Carbon Black Managed Detection team as a security advisor, detection engineer, and product evangelist. The Threat Response Analyst (MDR) is responsible for supporting the team's goals by building and supporting the processes and tools required for endpoint security monitoring, security event triage, and incident response for VMware Carbon Black customers, including automating processes, responding to security incidents, improving VMware Carbon Black security efficacy and establishing new detections. The ideal candidate will possess extensive offensive and defensive security knowledge and skills which are needed to aid with technical understanding and credibility during active security incidents, ensuring the success of VMware Carbon Black's Managed Detection team. This role will lead the innovation for building new detection capabilities as needed to support Managed Detection's ability to detect and respond rapidly to security incidents and overall product efficacy. As part of the Managed Detection team, the Principal Security Analyst works closely with Threat, R&D, Security Efficacy, and Product Management to demonstrate product capability, inspire confidence, and effectively communicate the power of VMware Carbon Black solutions.
Required Skills:
Ability to design playbooks for responding to security incidents
Collaborate with customers and team members to develop an extensive strategy for effective detections of malicious activity
Identify and implement new detections and detection improvements associated with an evolving threat landscape
Provide actionable statistical analysis of widespread threat vectors across multiple, varied businesses
Thorough understanding of the entire Incident Response process
Windows disk and memory forensics
Experience building scripts or tools to automate and improve the investigation processes
Act as a senior member of the team, providing leadership, guidance, mentorship, and training to junior team members
Preferred Skills :
5+ years of security incident response, remediation and threat detection
Exceptional verbal communication skills in relation to technical subject matter
Demonstrated experience as an expert in endpoint, workload, kubernetes and network security
Ability to talk to VMware Carbon Black customers in a comprehensive and effective manner and/or experience in a client facing role
Experience with vSphere, vCenter, and VDI in an enterprise capacity preferred
Expert in Windows, macOS, and/or linux endpoint operating systems
Endpoint security, NGAV, EDR, and threat hunting experience
Proven technical track record with securing Windows, macOS, and linux operating systems
Static and dynamic malware analysis
Strong technical writing skills
BS/BA in IT, IS or related field of study or equivalent
Preferred Certifications:
CISSP
GCIH
GCFE
GCFA
SSCP
GREM
For positions located in Colorado: This position has a salary range of $79,000 to $134,000 annually. Bonus, commission, and/or equity may be eligible for this position. Additional benefits for this position can be found at https://benefits.vmware.com/. *Note: Disclosure of Colorado pay and benefits required per sb19-1115
This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry.
Category : Engineering and Technology
Subcategory: Information Security
Experience: Manager and Professional
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Posted Date: 2022-10-04
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