Lead, Digital Forensics & Incident Response Automation Engineer

Job Classification:

Technology - Information Security

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions. 

Your Team & Role  

As an Automation Engineer Lead in Global Technology’s Cyber Defense and Response team you will partner with other security professionals to improve the security of the company and respond to cybersecurity threats. You will explain difficult concepts and influence others.  You will develop correlative response automation; will be relied upon for additional DFIR expertise; will serve as an incident commander at times; and will work in close collaboration with colleagues responsible for threat analysis, threat hunting, incident response, insider risk, threat intelligence, and readiness.

You will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with Agile  ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do. 

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day 

• Perform highly complex daily project and operational work, with ownership of the solution/process. Provide guidance to more junior team members.
• Identify, orchestrate, implement, and document  solutions for improvement to all aspects of the Cyber Defense and Response team.
• Implement Agile  practices when working with other technology teams to increase Prudential’s security posture.
• Proactively engage with IT peers and business stakeholders to ensure an appropriate Information Security mindset is in place with our technology and business partners.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Forensics, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas.

• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong management and leadership skills.
  • Experience in data analysis at scale.
  • Proficiency in command-line based operations.
  • Proven experience in digital forensics and incident response, ideally in large corporate/government environments.
  • Experience performing host, log, memory, network, and cloud forensics.
  • Familiarity in operating system scripting utilizing Bash or PowerShell.
  • Experience conducting digital forensic examinations of Windows, Linux, and OSX endpoints.
  • Experience with CI/CD operations.

Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following: 

• Python (preferred) or another object-oriented programming language .
• Use of Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and the Search Processing Language (SPL).
• Use of Kusto Query Language (KQL).
• Implementation and customization of Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms.
• Infrastructure as code.
• Creating and consuming APIs

  

Preferred qualifications: 

• GCFE, GCFA, GNFA, GREM, or similar industry-accepted certifications.
• Experience reversing and analyzing malicious software.
• Experience with Front-end frameworks for web development.

You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can 

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you. 

What we offer you:

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave
• Retirement plans:
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)
• Company-funded pension plan
• Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional an