Engineer, Cyber Security (Zscalar, Firewall)

NielsenIQ is working towards a position of greater maturity within the Network Security technology domain.  This position will be responsible for maintaining current technologies while working towards implementing more sophisticated means of visibility and control of network traffic.  You will be supporting programs across all geographies and business units.

As a Senior Network Security Engineer you will be responsible for ongoing maintenance and operations of current tools so that their abilities are actualized.  Additionally there will be significant uplift to modernize a variety of tools and implement new means of visualizing egress and ingress traffic.  The ability to implement novel solutions and platforms is critical. The primary focus will be on NielsenIQ-hosted solutions but will also incorporate various tools across a diverse array of cloud platforms with a strong focus on Azure solutions.

This position will involve working closely with Enterprise IT Network infrastructure teams and the Governance Risk and Controls team to deploy and operate various tools.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve our security controls enhance threat detection and reduce attack surfaces
• Develop and deploy innovative network-based security solutions
• Spearhead POC (Proof of Concept) activities and participate in decision making for new product analysis and selection
• Review network security requests and modifications; advise and consult with requestors as necessary
• Work with Enterprise IT to drive best practices across global networks
• Write create and update documentation for internal teams technical users and end users
• Provide secondary support for endpoint software (EDR AV content filtering SWG) issues as and when required
• Interface with vendors to drive product enhancements as well as issue resolution in a timely manner
• Create and present training materials for non-technical users
• Provides mentorship and guidance to junior members of the team
• Act as an escalation point for high severity issues for timely resolution
• Drive as well as support organization-wide campaigns to drive security foundations into all technology

Qualifications :

•  6 -10 years of Hands-on experience with network analysis and security tools such as packet capture and analysis next generation firewalls web application firewalls web proxy/SWG routing/switching DNS application layer networking transport layer security (encryption/decryption) VPN IPS/IDS certificate handling and wireless technologies
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Zscaler CheckPoint Firewalls F5 LTMs Defender network Protection F5 WAF and Azure WAF. 
• Expert level understanding of the OSI model
• Experience with Zero Trust reference architectures concepts and technologies (ZTNA SWG etc.)
• Fundamental knowledge of endpoint security tools (EDR AV etc.) how they operate and what their role is in defense-in-depth
• Ability to directly support incident response teams and participate in ongoing IR as required
• Knowledge of sophisticated hacking techniques malicious actors IOCs TTPs and the ability to translate intelligence into action is desirable
• Demonstrated experience with change management in enterprise production environments
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell Python
• Ability to manipulate large datasets using tools such as Excel PowerBI SQL
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and NIST CSF frameworks
• Self-starter technology and security hobbyist enthusiast
• Bachelors degree in a technical field including Computer Science Information Systems Math Physics Science or similar desired - experience in government military or in other capacities with similar focus can be substituted

Additional Information :

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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