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Join the global team as a Security Incident Response Engineer II to advance your Cyber Security skills while protecting critical assets through incident analysis and response.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include scoping security incidents, analyzing data from threat analytics tools, coordinating incident responses, and maintaining knowledge of the threat landscape.

Skills: Required skills include experience in cybersecurity incident response, analysis and triaging of security incidents, knowledge of security technologies, and automation skills in languages like PowerShell or Python.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include operational security experience, knowledge of network security, and experience with cloud security and migration.

Location: This job is based in Philadelphia, PA.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $90,000 - $130,000.

Are you looking for a Threat Detection role whereby you can advance your Cyber Security Skill set?

About the role: You will be entrusted as the technical member of incident response to protect our critical assets.

About the team: This global team supports the Information Security department’s goals and objectives by addressing escalations, and evaluation of technology controls providing key insight and research in new threats, exploits, and mitigation techniques

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting in scoping security incidents.
• Identifying indicators of attack and indicators of compromise.
• Analyzing incident data from threat analytics tools.
• Communicating recommendations and guidance based on the results of security incident analysis to the customer.
• Coordinating a response to the security incident with other security and consulting teams.
• Developing, documenting, and implementing runbooks, capabilities, and techniques for Incident Response.
• Performing security triage and analysis on endpoint, server, and network infrastructure.
• Performing activities necessary for immediate containment and short-term resolution of incidents.
• Maintaining current knowledge and understanding of the threat landscape, emerging security threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Investigating the root cause of complex security incidents.
• Maintaining a high level of confidentiality.

Qualifications:

• Experience in cybersecurity incident response or related fields.
• Proven experience in analyzing, triaging, scoping, containing, and remediating security incidents.
• Possess Security Incident Response experience with recent operational security experience.
• Experience in Network Security Administration, and/or Systems Administration.
• Experience supporting large and complex geographically distributed enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of security technologies, tools, and processes.
• Have cloud experience with any of the major cloud providers, including cloud security, networking, and migration of multi-cloud or hybrid deployments.
• Possess Automation Skills (PowerShell and/or Python, Java, or a similar language, can be a beginner to intermediate level).

Elsevier employs 9,200 people worldwide, including over 2,500 technologists. We have supported the work of our research and health partners for more than 140 years. Growing from our roots in publishing, we offer knowledge and valuable analytics that help our users make breakthroughs and drive societal progress.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

• We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

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