Job Description

You are flexible and forward thinking with great problem-solving skills to facilitate industry shifts from legacy datacenters to cloud based operations. Traditional network security measures are no longer sufficient and require brilliant contributors to bring measure up to standard in a cloud-based landscape. You have the drive bring big ideas and act upon them to help the team approach everyday issues with new perspectives for the new normal. What is primary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for?We need someone who is able to maintain parity between both legacy and cloud-based environments to ensure that monitoring requirements are met from both a security and operational perspective. This involves participating in POCs with vendors, deployment, and maintenance of hardware worldwide, understanding the network layers to know what we monitor and why, and being involved with the automation team to reduce manual operations. Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? Within the first month, finish training and familiarizing oneself with the current infrastructure. Within 3 months. deploy scheduled hardware refreshes scheduled globally to make sure capacity is available for monitoring. Within 6 months establish monitoring requirements for one major region and automated triage/remediation outlined. Within 12 months extend scope globally and introduce the requirements to our scrum team for development.What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? POC, Plan, implement, upgrade and monitor security measures related to computer networks and software testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation (IDS, IPS, AV, HIPS, FW, UEBA, SIEM, Sandboxing) Knowledge of hardware deployment and management ranging from servers to network gear. Collaborate with Real Estate and Workplace teams around the world to ensure Infosec standards are met at new or refreshing sites. Proficiency with the OSI model and related technologies. Develop plans, implement, and monitor systems and procedures to effectively secure company information, infrastructure, intellectual property, and users against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure. Work autonomously in an area of specialization to analyze internal security and provide relevant information to internal and external customers, suppliers, and partners.Implement and design Intrusion Monitoring (IDS/HIDS) to monitor use of files and regulate access to safeguard information.In connection with the above duties, apply knowledge and/or skills of Python and Shell Scripting focused on automation Infrastructure life cycle management (inventory, provisioning, patching/updates, monitoring, decommissioning). What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?This role will be reporting to the Manager of Network Security, Security Engineering. Having started in the SOC and moving through engineering it has become clear in recent years that traditional SOC methodologies will not carry us forward into cloud and SaaS-based operations. Analysts cannot keep up with the millions of events in need of monitoring and thus a shift towards automation and SOAR capabilities are essential. The team's philosophy is one of freedom and creativity. This allows for an environment where everyone can bring their angle to issues and projects and fosters innovation within the team. Open discussion and deliberation are encouraged as is constant feedback and constructive criticism. The team is comprised of 2 individuals: 1 network specialist and 1 security engineer who maintain close relationships with our SOC and other functional teams across the company. The team provides flexible hours, and scheduling to cover each other's needs, and encourages open communication within the team and with management. What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types
• Generous Time Off Programs
• 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community

Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities

• Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, training, coursework, etc.)
• Healthy and local inspired snacks in all our on-site pantries

Category : Engineering and Technology
Subcategory: Information Security
Experience: Business Leadership
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Posted Date: 2022-09-07
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