About Persistent
We are a trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 14 of the 30 most innovative US companies, 80% of the largest banks in the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum by reporting $300.6M revenue in Q3FY24, delivering 13.7% Y-o-Y growth. Our 23,000+ global team members, located in 21 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We’re also pleased to share that Persistent has been recognized as the “Most Promising Company” of the Year at the 2023 CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards and named a Leader in Everest Group’s Talent Readiness for Next-Generation IT Services PEAK Matrix® 2023. We also won four 2023 ISG Star of Excellence™ Awards, reflecting the highest standard of customer service excellence. Throughout this market-leading growth, we’ve maintained strong employee satisfaction - over 94% of our employees approve of the CEO, and 89% would recommend working at Persistent to a friend.
About Position and details:
* Role: IT Security Incident Response Engineer
* Location: Mostly remote and visit once a to customer office
* Job Type: Permanent role
* Should be flexible to cover 24/7 shifts
About this job
Please note this will be shift work:
Purpose of Job: This role is an individual contributor for the Security Incident Response Team. As the team has developed into a 24/7 365 operation, we require strong individual contributors that will investigate, analyze and contain security incidents.
Major Responsibilities
* Monitor security intake technologies for reports of security incidents
* Perform analysis on cybersecurity alerts in both On-Premises or Cloud environments
* Provide engineering consulting and implementation expertise in support of new initiatives
* Review security tools for opportunities to improve alerting for the SOC team
* Produce detailed incident reports and security recommendations
* Mentor analysts, providing training and guidance through complex incidents
* Strong ability to collaborate, delegate tasks and drive deadline compliance in a highly regulated, time sensitive environment
* Lead security, policy and privacy related events and incidents
* Manage containment and remediation efforts of affected assets, IOCs, and TTPs
* Produce detailed incident reports and security recommendations
* Hold stakeholders accountable for remediation actions
* Providing training and guidance through complex incidents
* Integrate and collaborate with other subject matter experts throughout the organization
* Liaison with Cyber Defense, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, and Architecture teams
* Influence the creation and/or adoption of new standards and procedures
* Identify deficiencies in processes and tools, recommend security controls and/or corrective actions for mitigating technical and business risk. Contribute to Lessons Learned Meetings.
* Influence the creation and/or adoption of new standards and procedures
* On-Call duties may be required
Qualifications
4 or more years of IT Security or Cyber Security experience in any of the following areas:
1. Incident Response
2. Email Security
3. Data Protection\Governance
4. Cybersecurity threat detection, monitoring and reporting
5. Cyber Intelligence and Threat Hunting
6. Vulnerability Management
7. Must be able to obtain NAC clearance
* Must be able to work off shift hours if needed (e.g. Nights and Weekends)
* Experience analyzing attack vectors, current threats, and security remediation strategies
* Experience with SIEM technologies, EDR technologies, and/or Asset isolation tools
* Networking experience (including the OSI Model, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP), System Administration, and Security Architecture
* High level familiarity of global privacy regulations (NY Cyber, GDPR, LGPD, CERT-In)
* Experience in public cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform
Benefits:
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
* Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
* Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
* Annual health check-ups
* Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”