Job Description

Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team \xe2\x80\x93 one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Security Monitoring and Response Analyst II

Overview

• SIEM/SOC/Monitoring \xe2\x80\x93 L1/L2
• The Security Operations Center (SOC) is a high performance team in charge of physical and cyber security initial threat detection, triage and response.
• Through use of advanced monitoring and detection capabilities, with cutting edge security tools, the SOC can quickly respond to a diverse set of physical and cyber events.
• Use of advanced cyber and physical security tools, such as intrusion detection prevention systems, threat monitoring, wireless security monitoring, malware detection, data loss prevention, SIEM tools, high risk travel, and internal and perimeter controls.
• Are you passionate about Security?
• Do you operate with a sense of urgency?
• Can you quickly learn new technology and software?
• Can you adapt to new processes and advancements?

Role

• Reviews, analyzes, and responds to security events triggered through the security monitoring systems according to internal security procedures for cyber events.
• Remains on the cutting edge of cyber threats, exploits and vulnerabilities.
• Provide proactive feedback to senior personnel and management as required.
• Operates in both the physical and cyber landscape, holistically protecting the organization on several fronts.

All About You

• Able to work in shifts in a 24/7/365 environment.
• Intermediate years of experience in cyber security.
• Possess a security and analytical mindset, where the goal of triage and investigation is to determine why something occurred, whether it was expected in the environment and if a security vulnerability needs to be mitigated.
• A background with Microsoft Windows and UNIX/Linux platforms (security or system administration), including basic knowledge of virtual environments. Programming skills (shell scripting, C, Python, etc.) (Preferred).
• Understands networking fundamentals: ports, protocols, and infrastructure details.
• A strong understanding of cyber security concepts. Exposure to commercial or open source security monitoring tools (intrusion detection prevention systems IDS/IPS, database security, Firewalls & Log Analysis, SIEM, Network Behavior Analysis tools, Antivirus, and Network Packet Analyzers, Malware analysis, forensics tool and vulnerability management, etc.) as well as understanding of regulatory compliance requirements (PCI, GLBA, SOX) (preferred).
• BS Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Security Protection Management or, equivalent combination of experience and formal education.
• Intermediate security information and event management experience, Splunk is a positive.

Corporate Security Responsibility
All 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 Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s guidelines.

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