Defense and Response - Threat Detection - Senior Associate
Reston, VA, United States
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Fannie Mae
We facilitate equitable and sustainable access to homeownership and quality, affordable rental housing across America.Company Description
At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nations housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career.
Job Description
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Defense and Response - Threat Detection - Senior Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:
As a valued colleague on our team, you will monitor and evaluate threats to Fannie Mae's cybersecurity. In this role, you will set up checks and warnings to alert management when suspicious activity is detected.
- Present information to team to ensure current understanding of Fannie Mae's information security activities and systems.
- Create advanced cyber indicators to maintain awareness of systems and alert when abnormal behavior is detected.
- Evaluate and recommend improvements to existing indicators to detect more advanced threats.
- Independently monitor cyber threats in real-time.
- Work with Incident Response to investigate threats and attacks.
- Ability to be on on-call rotation during non-business hours
Qualifications
THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
Minimum Required Experiences
- 2 years
Desired Experiences
- Bachelor degree or equivalent
- Sec+, CySA, CISSP, SANS Certs, ect
- Previous experience in NOC/SOC environment
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Experience with Security Automation, Orchestration, and Response Platforms
- Experience with security technologies such as Splunk, and endpoint UEBA tools
Skills
- Scripting skills (PowerShell and/or Python).
- Advanced understanding of Windows, Linux, and/or UNIX OS.
- Understanding of networking including packet capture analysis.
- Determining causes of operating errors and taking corrective action
- Experience identifying measures, or indicators of system performance, and the actions needed to improve or correct performance to achieve desired outcomes
- Experience monitoring and managing operation systems (OS), and staying current on patches, upgrades, and other elements of the OS
- Experience identifying and determining levels of risk to an organization's networks and systems using cybersecurity techniques and tools such as penetration testing, application security, and intel
- Experience in the process of analyzing data to identify trends or relationships to inform conclusions about the data
- Skilled in cloud technologies and cloud computing
- Skills related to Communication including communicating in writing or verbally, copywriting, planning and distributing communication, etc.
- Skills related to Programming including coding, debugging, and using relevant programming languages
- Experience gathering accurate information to explain concepts and answer critical questions
- Skilled in creating and managing databases with the use of relevant software such as MySQL, Hadoop, or MongoDB
- The group of skills related to Security including designing and evaluating security systems, identifying security threats, securing computers, assessing vulnerability, etc.
Tools
- Skilled in Maltego for data mining
- Skilled in VPN software and encrypting data
- Skilled in Python object-oriented programming
- Skilled in Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings, development, and networking platforms
- Skilled in HTML
- Skilled in using PowerShell to automate tasks that manage Microsoft operating systems and processes
- Skilled in Azure
- Skilled in ServiceNow to manage digital workflows
- Experience using VMWare
- Skilled in ThreatStream
- Skilled in Active Directory
- Experience using media storage management software
Additional Information
In response to COVID-19, Fannie Mae has adapted our workplace and hiring processes to better safeguard our employees, candidates, and new hires. We understand that this is an unprecedented situation and Fannie Mae is committed to creating protocols for these processes that are agile and conform with federal, state, and local health administration guidance. While the company's operating status for on-site work is currently voluntary, the majority of Fannie Mae's workforce is remote until further notice. We continue to conduct all interviews and onboarding virtually. In addition, all employees who wish to come on site must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and enter their vaccination information into a confidential HR system before arriving at the facility, unless they have an approved accommodation. Click here to go directly to information about accommodations.
The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at careers.fanniemae.com.
Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at careers_mailbox@fanniemae.com.
The hiring range for this role is set forth above. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee’s physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Active Directory Agile Application security Automation AWS Azure CISSP Cloud Finance Incident response Linux MITRE ATT&CK MongoDB Monitoring MySQL Pentesting PowerShell Python SANS Scripting SOC Splunk Threat detection UNIX VMware VPN Windows
Perks/benefits: Career development Health care
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