Security Analyst, Managed Defense

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience in Log Analysis, Security Monitoring, Cyber Security, Logging and Attacks.
  
• 2 years of experience in Security Analysis, Networking, Windows, TCP/IP, Analytical Thinking, Security, Command-Line Interface, and Protocols.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification in one or more of the following: GCIH, GCFA, GREM, CEH, CySA+, CC etc.
  
• 2 years of experience in Linux Administration, Malware Detection, Malware, Threat Modeling, Network Architecture, or Incident Management.
  
• Excellent communication skills.

About the job

At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A diverse team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.

Responsibilities

• Monitor a broad range of appliances and provide detection and response service though security event analysis and review.
• Perform live response data collection and analysis on hosts of interest in an investigation.
• Perform incident response and basic malware analysis to investigate incidents.
• Help establish the scope of the activity associated with any malware, and assess customer impact.
• Maintain knowledge of tools and best-practices in forensics and incident response, and tools, techniques, and procedures.