Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lumen is a leading provider of AI-powered connectivity solutions, focusing on secure and high-performance infrastructure. They are seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to join their Cybersecurity Incident Response Team, where the role involves responding to cybersecurity threats, identifying risks, and enhancing security measures across their systems.
Responsibilities
- Shift hours are from 10:00am to 7:00pm Pacific Time. Analyst can be located in any US state
- Respond to, remediate, and document information security incidents not limited to dashboard (Advanced Threat Appliance & SIEM) alerts, tickets, emails, or phone calls
- Actively hunt the enterprise for insecure, suspicious, or malicious activity
- Review data that is processed within the SIEM to find incident evidence and suspicious events as well as out of scope events
- Verify and validate security notifications from both internal and external sources
- Identify and resolve incidents that are not defined by (or deviate from) an existing incident response guide
- Assist with significant incidents as needed or assigned, including outside of normal business hours
- Provide feedback for development and consistency of automated threat detection mechanisms
- Update and maintain response guides for accuracy
- Support Security projects to improve Cyber Defense Team or Lumen's security posture
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, both verbal and written
Skills
- Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Strong understanding of security fundamentals: host/network hardening, networking protocols, intrusion techniques, and risk management
- Analytical/problem-solving skills across networking, operating systems, and malware analysis
- Relevant certifications (or willingness to obtain): Security+, CEH, OSCP, GCIH, CISSP, GPEN, GWAPT, GISEC, CISM, or CISA
- U.S.-based and able to obtain government suitability
- Strong communication skills; able to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies
- 4+ years in incident response, forensics, risk assessments, application or network security
- Experience in network/firewall engineering, design, and implementation
- Familiarity with security tools (SIEM, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection)
- Experience monitoring threats and performing initial triage
- Microsoft or UNIX/Linux administration
- Experience implementing controls to reduce risk and data exposure
- Scripting experience (Python or Perl)
- Experience in large enterprise or carrier-scale environments
Benefits
- Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
- We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.
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