Senior Security Monitoring and Response Analyst

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Job TitleSenior Security Monitoring and Response AnalystWho is Mastercard Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.OverviewThe Security Operations Center (SOC) is a high-performance team responsible for security monitoring and response using advanced toolsets. The team is available 24/7 though a globally distributed operational team. The Security Monitoring and Response Senior Analyst is an integral member of the SOCs Incident Response team, providing direct support for security incidents and general security operations.Do you want to be part of the team handling complex technical monitoring and response functions during a security incident Have you provided technical leadership or oversight to junior analysts Do you want to improve security operations through technical projects and data analysis Core Skills:Takes ownership of Incidents reported to the Incident Response Team end to end.Performs technical analysis for security Incidents, including for cases of malware, web attacks, lateral movement, and other ad hoc issues as they arise.Communicate INC updates and engage necessary stakeholders while responding to incidentsMaintain on-call hours to handle escalated events after hours and maintain the ability to provide rare emergency coverage in the SOC if needed.Conduct After action review (AAR) sessions and share lesson learnt with stakeholders.Lead and conduct threat hunting activities.Understand and utilize scripting skills to automate investigation and analysis.Incident Response Process:Understand NIST and other IR standards such as CIS, ISO/IEC 27305 and SANSAble to implement IR Playbook in unknown situations and improve the playbook while acting with urgency on ongoing incidentReview existing playbooks and runbooks and make improvements and suggest changesDevelop new runbooks and identify automation scenariosTechnology and Growth:Identify and lead projects with the focus of making technological improvements to SOC operations.Participate in SOC metric and reporting improvementsMentor and coach SOC Tier 1 staff members to assist with improving operations and increasing their capabilities.Master and become subject matter expert on key security concepts such as Cloud monitoring and response, Identify and Access Management, Malware and Forensics, Incident response and communicationsCOVID-19 ConsiderationsWe value the safety of each member of our community because we know were all in this together. In many locations, which may change over time, weve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone. In addition, in some locations, only individuals who have been fully vaccinated will be permitted inside Mastercard offices until further notice.In the US, Mastercard is a government contractor, which may legally require most Mastercard employees to be vaccinated unless a verified approved medical or religious exemption is granted. Further, we are currently making every effort towards having employees return to work in the office 2 days per week, if that makes sense for their team. Everyone must be vaccinated to enter Mastercard offices at this time. Therefore, we expect all candidates to be vaccinated or to be approved for a medical or religious accommodation prior to commencing work at Mastercard.Corporate Security ResponsibilityAll activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:Abide by Mastercards security policies and practices;Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;Report any suspected information security violation or breach, andComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercards guidelines.,

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