Senior Security Engineer/Analyst
Chicago, IL
Working for Equity Residential (EQR), a leading multi-family real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in downtown Chicago, means being part of a community and striving to provide the best in apartment living, speaking boldly about new ideas for innovation, and inspiring creativity in the ways we work together. Our portfolio of high-quality properties in urban growth markets – New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles – provides homes where people most want to live, work and play. We've got the best people in the business, and our experience shows in our dedication to our residents and in how much we value each other as colleagues. That’s why our employees say they are proud to work at Equity, a company that gives our residents a place where they can “Live Remarkably,” and offers a culture where our employees have the opportunity to make their mark.
We are currently seeking a Senior Security Engineer/Analyst to join our Security Operations team at our corporate headquarters in Chicago, IL. As a Senior Security Engineer/Analyst at EQR, you will be responsible for hands-on security support for the production environment, while protecting it from the latest information security threats. You'll serve as a key member of the Security Operations team to lead the development, improvement, and documentation of cyber threat management processes. You will also have the opportunity to focus on real-time security events analysis, helping to protect the organization's electronic assets. And by relying on your knowledge of and previous experience with a wide range of security technologies including (but not limited to) SIME, IDS/IPS, malware analysis, data loss prevention and vulnerability scanners, you'll recommend protection, prevention, and mitigation strategies to be evaluated by the greater EQR security team.
WHO YOU ARE
- Knowledgeable. You have a broad-based familiarity with Security Operations with 3 to 5 years of experience as an Incident Responder. More specifically, your background includes at least 2 years of Splunk experience writing searches, familiarity with malware analysis processes, Digital Forensics Incident Response and threat hunting methodologies. A solid network background is also important.
- A Problem Solver. You are a creative thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and gathers information and knowledge to achieve an appropriate solution. Your skillfulness in this area helps you determine how to quickly assess security incidents.
- A Strong Communicator. Your writing and speaking skills are clear, articulate, and effective, demonstrating your ability to interact with and be understood by all levels and various teams across the organization. In addition, you’re skilled in communicating in a non-technical manner with everyone from end users to senior management and also in a technical manner to other IT professionals.
- Organized, Efficient, and Accountable. You have a keen eye for detail and pride yourself on delivering quality work. You multitask well, re-prioritize accordingly, and meet deadlines consistently. Above all, you are flexible and able to juggle the needs of changing priorities of the business, even if that means an occasional after-hours project.
- Passionate. Motivated. Eager to Learn. You are resourceful, ask smart questions, challenge the status quo, and regularly seek to understand. You’re willing to learn a range of business and/or technical specialties, based on organizational needs. And when a special project arises, you volunteer!
- Trustworthy and Discerning. The ability to work with confidential information, while using discretion, is crucial to this position.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Document and investigate security incidents according with the security incident response policy.
- Architect Checkpoint firewall changes, manage Sourcefire IPS/IDS and BlueCoat technologies.
- Lead the vulnerability management program.
- Create actionable items out of threat intelligence feeds.
- Coordinate red team blue team exercises.
- Perform research and data analysis of possible security events to proactively identify and communicate status.
- Resolve service impacting events to restore service as quickly as possible and provide root cause analysis to address future situations.
- Resolve fault conditions on security systems.
- Support the team on high priority and high visibility security issues.
- Mentor other Security Engineers and train peers on platform enhancements and technology changes.
- Ensure platform accessibility, software revisions, and best practices are maintained.
- Prepare ad-hoc analysis and reports as needed.
- Provide weekend and after-hours support as required; at times, this position will require 24/7 availability to support operations, based on business needs.
- Perform other duties and participate in special projects as needed.
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability and willingness to learn quickly. Self-motivated to succeed, with capacity to assume increasing responsibility.
- Proven project management and organizational skills, managing multiple concurrent tasks and/or projects.
- Extremely detail oriented and well-organized, with an exceptional ability to plan work effectively and multi-task as appropriate. Consistently delivers conscientious, thorough, and accurate analysis.
- Adaptable to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment, without sacrificing quality of work product.
- Strong communication skills; able to speak and write in a clear and articulate manner to convey network concepts and issues to end users and senior management on a non-technical level, while dealing with other IT professionals on a technical level.
- Must demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Process orientated with the ability to clarify objectives, evaluate options, consider implications, assess risks, and make key decisions.
- Team player that demonstrates flexibility and the ability to integrate and work well with others.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
- 5+ years work experience in IP addressing and subnetting, routing protocols, VPN concepts ( Checkpoint experienced preferred), VLAN configuration and concepts and L2/L3 switching technologies. 3+ years experience as an Incident Responder and in Security Operations.
- 3+ years of experience designing and maintaining firewall policies in Checkpoint Provider-1 and Checkpoint R75 or higher on Linux or Unix based platforms prefered.
- Bachelor's degree, with an emphasis in computer science or information systems preferred or equivalent experience. Platform certifications, CCSP, CCSE, CCISP are a plus!
- Have a demonstrated technical problem determination ability; exceptional system implementation, installation, and disaster recovery planning experience; and ongoing hands-on administration knowledge.
- Good understanding and working knowledge of routing protocols.
- Experience maintaining highly available and highly secure networks.
- Familiar with malware analysis processes and threat intelligence activities, including the collection of IOCs and tracking threat actors.
- Experience with Sourcefire IPS/IDS systems, Symantec DLP Solution and Bluecoat Web Filtering and SSL decryption technologies.
- Must possess expert level knowledge with DMZ architectures.
- Well-versed in layer 2 to layer 7 troubleshooting experience.
- Exposure to major system applications and databases; Unix and Windows experience a plus!
- Excellent understanding of VMware Infrastructures.
REWARDS
We recognize everyone has different needs outside of work. That's why, in addition to a competitive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, and paid time off), we offer many unique options to employees, like adoption benefits and paid time off for community service projects. To learn more, view our Total Wellbeing page here.
Benefits provided
Health Insurance
401k Match
401k Retirement Plan
Dental Insurance
Short Term Disability
Long Term Disability
Personal Days
Internal Training Programs
Optical Insurance
Bonus Programs
Life Insurance
Paid Vacations
Stock Options
Stock Grants
Stock Purchase Plan
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