Incident and Threat Analyst
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Job Description
At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both.
We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.
As a Senior Associate Incident & Threat Analyst you will analyze incidents and identify and mitigate threats. Senior Associate Analysts collaborate with incident response teams to evaluate Discover's cyber defense posture, processes, and procedures in context to given threats. You’ll create meaningful, actionable outputs to improve detection and prevention capabilities.
Responsibilities
Maintains an in-depth knowledge of security trends, attacker techniques, and relevant threat actors. Use data analysis and threat intelligence to detect, disrupt, and eradicate threat actors. Proactively detects advanced threats and adversaries that evade traditional security controls. Develops hunt scenarios, translate them into iterative processes, and leverage findings to create new detection methodologies. Identifies innovative detection and responsive opportunities and processes consistent with business goals and corporate risk tolerance
Provides mitigation services for identified threats and security incidents
Test security effectiveness and defensive readiness for the organization
Builds and maintains effective relationships with peers and internal business partners
Assists in the development of presentations and executive briefings regarding relevant security incidents and findings to senior management
Generate strategically relevant attack scenarios to simulate adversaries. Draws attention to business impact of computer, system, and network security issues. Evaluates effectiveness of defense-in-depth architecture against identified threats
Coaches and mentors junior team members
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
Bachelors – Computer Science, Information Security OR 4+ Years – Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Data Analytics or related
Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of competent on the Dreyfus cybersecurity scale
Experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence is required
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we’d also look for:
GIAC (GCIH or GCIA or GSEC)
Security+
Network+
External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview
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The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.