CSIRT OR Incident Response Engineer with TS/SCI ( onsite Northern Virginia)

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Job Details

Salesforce has one of the best Information Security teams in the world and growing this piece of the business is a top priority! Our Information Security teams work hand in hand with the business to ensure the highest security around all of our applications.

The Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) is responsible for 24x7x365 security monitoring, security operations, real-time analysis of security alert data,  and rapid incident response across all Salesforce secure environments. This team protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company and customer data.

As a key member of our growing team, the security operator will work on the ‘front lines’ of the Salesforce Government Cloud environment, leading a team that protects our critical infrastructure and our customers’ data from the latest information security threats.

This position is based in our 24x7 operations center. As a result, shift work (including on weekends, as needed) is required.

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance

• A related technical degree required

• Strong problem solving ability to determine solutions to encountered or anticipated challenges.

• Robust technical understanding of the information security threat landscape (attack vectors and tools, best practices for securing systems and networks, etc.).

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required for coordinating responses to sophisticated incidents across the organization with many non technical and technical stakeholders.

• Technical security background and understanding of network fundamentals and common Internet protocols.

• Technical understanding of AWS, Azure, or GCP administration and security controls.

• Experience with Splunk, Flink SQL, and/or Kibana.

• Familiarity with incident response and security operations within public cloud environments.

• The ability to lead the response to high priority, high transparency operational security issues to resolution with an appropriate sense of urgency.

• Scripting language (i.e. Bash, Python, etc.) and automation experience.

• 7+ years experience in the Information Security field.

• Prior experience in a fast paced operational environment.

Desired Skills:

• Operational experience monitoring devices such as network and host-based intrusion detection systems, web application firewalls, database security monitoring systems, firewalls/routers/switches, proxy servers, antivirus systems, file integrity monitoring tools, and operating system logs.

• Operational experience responding to security incidents in a production environment, such as investigating and remediating possible endpoint malware infections.

• System forensics/investigation skills, including analyzing system artifacts (file system, memory, running processes, network connections) for indicators of infection/compromise.

• Relevant information security certifications, such as CISSP, GCFR, GCIA, GCIH or other related certifications.

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Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation as well as you obtaining and maintaining the specific level of U.S. Government security clearance required for this role. U.S. citizenship.

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