Head of Threat Response

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The Threat Management Response team is responsible for 24x7x365 monitoring and rapid incident response for all Cisco Meraki environments. We are the last line of defense to protect the company and our customer's data from our threat actors and adversaries. You will have a significant impact on the security of millions of Cisco Meraki users all around the world!

Incidents can happen at any time, as such this position requires on-call work (including overnight and weekends) on a rotational basis. The core hours for this position are 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM PST (in the time zone you are hired for), Monday through Friday.

Key responsibilities:

• Serve on a rotation of security incident commanders, work with heads of every major product team to ensure a quick mobilization for high-severity incidents.
• Experience responding to high severity incidents and handling the remediation process. (e.g. Malware analysis, large scale phishing attacks, production intrusion, etc.)

Investigate security events for the following platforms and technologies:

• Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Windows/Mac/Linux OS
• Cisco physical and virtual network devices and platforms
• Perform basic forensics when security incidents occur
• Develop, document, and lead initiatives to improve Incident Response strategies, runbooks, capabilities, and technologies

You are an ideal candidate if you:

• Typically have 6+ years in Cybersecurity Incident Response roles, primarily passionate about leading sophisticated incidents involving multi-functional teams.
• Understand common threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and how they are chained together.
• Have experience leading threat hunts, using available logs and threat intelligence to proactively identify and investigate potential risks and suspicious behavior
• An understanding of major security compliance frameworks such as PCI, SOC 2, and FedRAMP as they relate to incident monitoring and response
• Basic SQL Programming experience for reporting

Have familiarity with the following tools:

• File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
• Vulnerability Scanners
• Network and Host Intrusion Detection (IDS) such as SNORT/Sourcefire, Palo Alto, etc.
• Incident Response Case Management Tools
• Network sniffers and packet tracing tools such as DSS, Ethereal, tcpdump, Wireshark, etc.

Bonus points for:

• Relevant industry security certifications such as CISSP, SANS GIAC (e.g. GCIH, GNFA, GCFE, GCFA, GREM), AWS certifications (SAA, SAP, or SCS), etc.
• Familiarity with other security verticals such as: Digital Forensics, Threat Intelligence, Threat Detection, Application Security, Cloud Security, Offensive Security
• Networking experience with LAN/WAN routing and high availability (OSPF, BGP4/iBGP, EIGRP, and NSRP) routing protocols and technologies
• Experience with IoT platforms, large-scale distributed systems, and/or client-server architectures

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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