Cybersecurity Threat Response Engineer

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In a world that depends on data, the Cybersecurity Threat Response Engineer is a member of the Threat Intelligence and Response Team. This position is responsible for protecting, data, identifying potential threats, and conducting investigations into cyber threats. You will respond to cyber security incidents, by using critical thinking skills and forensic analysis to ensure that cyber security threats are proactively stopped from the Premera network.  These threats include actors from Nation State, Cyber-criminal organizations, and Insider Threats. If you’re motivated to find the threat in the haystack, and are passionate about making healthcare safer, this is the role for you.

This is a hybrid position with onsite days required at our campus. You must live in Washington State to be eligible for this position.

What you will do:

• As a responder you will be the ‘Tip of the Spear’ to react to alerts and use your innate hunting and analysis skills to conduct investigations into security threats.
• Protect Premera data from threat actors looking to gain access to sensitive personal and financial data in a structured team environment.
• Respond and investigate numerous attacks launched daily against Premera.
• Personally engineer solutions that will prevent damaging cyber threats that cost organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars annually Exhibit a passion and tenacity about hunting and preventing cyber threats

What you will bring:

*This position is open to levels II and III*

• Your dedication to the focus on preventing Cyber threats
• Previous cybersecurity incident response experience strongly preferred
• This position has an On-call rotation with a dedicated team to support the mission to protect Premera and its data
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or business administration or (4) years’ experience. (REQUIRED)
• (3) years’ experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting networked computer systems, which must include Two (2) years’ experience with secure network and systems architecture, design and implementation, intrusion detection, defense and incident response, security configuration management, access controls design and implementation and security policy and standards development (REQUIRED for level II)
• (5) years’ experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting networked computer systems, which must include Three (3) years’ experience with secure network and systems architecture, design and implementation, intrusion detection, defense and incident response, security configuration management, access controls design and implementation and security policy and standards development. (REQUIRED for level III)

What we offer

• Medical, vision and dental coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement programs (401K employer match and pension plan)
• Wellness incentives, onsite services, a discount program and more
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees
• Generous Paid Time Off to reenergize
• Free parking

Equal employment opportunity/affirmative ac