Security Analyst

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Summary

The Security Analyst will report to the CIRT (Cyber Incident Response Team) manager and will support GameStops global security program by reviewing and responding to alerts. The analyst will be responsible for addressing cases from a queue in order of priority and when required acting on threats to mitigate and contain malicious activity.

This is a security operations role which requires that the applicant be capable of reviewing and responding to alerts on a regularly scheduled basis. This role requires after-hours and on-call to support the 24/7 global security program. This position interacts with a manager daily to receive guidance and feedback. Many non-routine activities will require the managers advanced approval.

This position sits onsite in Grapevine TX 5 days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and respond to security incidents and events.
• Create manage and tune alerting rules in multiple platforms.
• Communicate with business users to investigate and resolve suspicious activities.
• Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation and incident response efforts.
• Resolve basic issues related to area of expertise as they occur.
• Complete training in security platforms and response processes.
• Collaborate with team members across security IT and the business.

Related Competencies:

• Collaboration Works effectively and cooperatively with others establishing and maintaining good working relationships contributing to team success.
• Innovation Generates innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
• Continuous Improvement Originates action to improve existing conditions and processes; uses appropriate methods to identify opportunities implement solutions and measure impact.
• Contributing to Team Success Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or 1 year of hands-on experience in a related or technical field.
• Strong analytical mindset.
• Ability to work with diverse datasets and tools.
• Understanding of common threat actor techniques.
• Troubleshooting capabilities and the ability to quickly learn new technology.
• Must work well on a highly collaborative team.
• Communication skills and the ability to translate technical jargon into common language.

Optional Skills and Experience:

• Programming experience in Python.
• Service desk / help desk experience.
• System administration experience.
• Penetration testing or red team experience.
• Publicly available profiles demonstrating skills and participation in the wider security community (e.g. GitHub HackTheBox).

Full-time store positions at GameStop are also eligible to participate in incentive programs health benefits paid time off 401 (k) employee discount and a casual work environment. Positions at GameStop may also be eligible for a bonus and/or other incentives.