LEAD INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER

Lumen Technologies is a trusted network provider connecting people, data, and applications through fiber and connected infrastructure. The Lead Information Security Engineer will research emerging cyber threats, manage and optimize SIEM and endpoint security platforms, support incident response, and design security solutions for enterprise customers.

Responsibilities:

• Administration of SIEM Platforms (Splunk, IBM QRadar, ArcSight, LogRythm, McAfee ESM, Microsoft OMS, etc.)
• Develop custom content in SIEM Platforms
• Supports customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies
• Performs analysis, design, and development of custom correlation rules, reports, and dashboards
• Analyzes performance and overall health of SIEM platform
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements (relating to SIEM solutions and event collection)
• Analyzes general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems
• Technology escalation point for SIEM and underlying event collection components
• Manage endpoint security solution suites
• Meet client’s operational and security goals utilizing cloud products and technologies
• Perform Incident Response per the client’s Incident Response Plan
• Develop custom correlation, reports, and dashboards
• Implementation and testing of custom parsers
• Configure and tune SIEM platform to ensure optimal performance
• Provide expertise in event collection and parsing related to SIEM platform
• Asses existing SIEM platform and identify key system flaws and areas of improvement
• Perform annual assessment of SIEM configuration and custom content
• Develop detailed supporting documentation regarding technical projects (such as materials to support an architecture review board)
• Manage customer expectation and attend all mandatory review / regulatory discussions related to the specific project being delivered
• Help establish baseline and plan for improvement of a large enterprise deployment of SIEM and event collection platform
• Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments
• Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks
• Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems
• Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable

Requirements:

• Typically 8+ years of IT Security experience with Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent education and experience; 6+ year of IT Security experience with Master's Degree
• Expert in one of the following SIEM platforms: Splunk, IBM QRadar, ArcSight, LogRythm, McAfee ESM, Microsoft OMS
• Experience writing custom parsers
• Exposure to at least one industry standard data parsing language
• Advanced experience in networking (TCP/IP) protocols, computer/network security, and system administration
• Advanced knowledge of event collection technologies
• Background in INFOSEC operations, endpoint management, and network topology
• Security certification desired
• Windows and Linux skills desired
• Linux scripting skills desired