Job description 

We are currently looking for a Tier 1 Fusion Security Analyst interested in joining our Fusion Operations Security Center.  In this role you will be investigating, responding to, and triaging threats and incidents while helping to improve our overall security capabilities. This role provides a unique opportunity to work on Cyber, Physical, and People security related issues. This role needs to be able to communicate and collaborate professionally with other members of the organization to resolve these threats.

Nielsen provides all its employees with opportunities for education & training, including reimbursement for certification or degree programs and the chance to attend training conferences. We also provide an unlimited PTO program and advancement opportunities along a technical or managerial path of your preference.

Responsibilities

• Managing incoming queues of detection alerts, identity requests, facilities requests, and HR investigations 
• Interact with our Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) to investigate and resolve issues
• Prioritizing and triaging competing incidents to maintain Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Managing investigations including escalation, organizing unstructured work and engaging resource teams across the company
• Managing urgency and visibility to ensure timely response by all involved parties
• Owning an incident for it’s full lifecycle, including after action reviews and follow up actions
• Communication and coordination with other security professionals,  internal teams, and law enforcement agencies as needed to address incidents and threats.
• Maintain current knowledge of tools and best-practices in advanced persistent threats; tools, techniques, and procedures of attackers; and forensics and incident response
• Create and maintain documentation including incident response plans, standard operating procedures, and knowledge base articles
• Rotating on-call coverage

A little about you

• Strong problem solving abilities that help to drive forward incidents to completion and help keep Nielsen secure.
• Your effective communication skills help in collaborating with key stakeholders, and for translating technical jargon into understandable terms.
• It is important that you stay current on new attack vectors, technologies, tools, and best practices as they change over time.
• You have an open mind and a keen eye for details to detect anomalies and potential security issues others may overlook.
• A true passion for security and a commitment to safeguarding an organization from threats.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 1-2 years relevant security experience preferred
• Experience with Security Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Timeline Analysis or related
• Experience or knowledge of current information security solutions and technologies, including cloud, network and host based products
• Effective and efficient investigative skills across multiple technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including a focus on providing continuous, proactive communications to management, peers, and stakeholders while working on incidents
• Ability and willingness to continually learn and hone Security skills around Cyber and Physical Security
• Cybersecurity certifications preferred (e.g. CISSP, Sec+, SANS/GIAC)
• Familiarity with Python and Powershell a plus
• Experience automating tasks via scripting or other tools (Tines,or similar SOAR)  a plus

Technologies you may work with include

• Security Incident and Event Management (Devo,Splunk, or similar)
• Identity Platforms (Okta, Sailpoint, or similar)
• Network Intrusion Detection Systems (OSSEC, Juniper, Palo Alto, or similar)
• Endpoint detection and response (CrowdStrike, Defender, or similar)
• Enterprise level E-Mail security (Google, O365, or similar)
• Digital Forensics and Incident Response tools (Cado, EnCase, FTK, or similar)
• Most operating systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS)
• Public cloud/PaaS (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Virtualization and Containers (VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)