Principal Incident Responder

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBCUniversal’s Cyber Defense Operations team is responsible for providing Cyber Response, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Detection for all areas of NBCUniversal in a highly collaborative, fast paced, and agile fashion.  As a member of the Cyber Incident Response Team, a candidate can expect to utilize their technical expertise to assess, contain, and remediate cyber threats across all NBCUniversal Brands and Product Lines. 

We are looking for an experienced DFIR Professional to join our Cyber Security Team as a Principal Incident Responder defending Comcast’s NBCUniversal product lines and brands. This is a technical, hands-on role that will be instrumental in enhancing incident response capabilities, conducting in depth forensic investigations, and leading investigations with Business Stakeholders to ensure that Cyber Incidents are properly handled. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to run a complex cyber incident through containment and remediations, and conduct in-depth technical investigations across multiple lines of business, utilizing a variety of technologies.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are important as this role involves regular interaction with various groups and executives across the organization to accomplish job responsibilities. Working closely with the Cyber Response Manager, the Principal Incident Responder will manage workflows, escalations, and advance technical processes to build program maturity and growth. 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for forensically leading incident response engagements as a technical resource, to deliver next steps on determining root cause analysis, containment actions, and remediation requirements.
• Analyze threat data from multiple sources and identify security incidents and events of importance for direct escalation to Incident Commander(s).
• Function as Incident Handler to effectively and efficiently contain and remediate declared severity incidents ranging in size and complexity from unauthorized logins to ransomware, operating at the level of Team Lead
• Provide detailed timeline analysis across multiple log sources to showcase evidence-based conclusions on entry vectors, lateral movement, and campaign correlation.
• Perform advanced malware analysis including static and dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, and identifying indicators of compromise (IOCs)  
• Identify, articulate, and explain attack vectors, threat tactics, and attacker techniques to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Generate executive-level incident and forensic reports, summarizing incident details including response actions, risk and business impacts
• Design, develop, and maintain Incident Response tools, scripts, and automation workflows to improve investigation efficiency and effectiveness.
• Spearhead research and development activities to stay up to date with the latest forensic tools, techniques, and methodologies.
• Contribute to the development of internal processes and support broader organizational initiatives, including Intelligence gathering and identifying detection opportunities.