Sr. Incident Responder

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Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

The Senior Incident Responder will be a critical team member within the new Versant Cyber organization. This individual is responsible for providing cyber threat alerting, event monitoring, response, and threat hunting for all areas of the business in a highly collaborative, fast paced, and agile fashion. As part of the incident response and detection team, the successful candidate will be expected to utilize their technical expertise to assess, contain, and remediate cyber threats as well as serve as an escalation point for security alerts.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key areas of focus for the Senior Incident Responder include managing workflows, escalations, and advance technical processes to build program maturity and growth of the threat operations and response function.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the following activities:

• Day-to-day operational tasks related to the ongoing support of threat operations. 
• Responsible for forensically analyzing escalated security incidents from the SOC and conducting response actions following NIST and SANS Incident Response Frameworks.
• Responsible for analyzing threat data from multiple sources and identifying security incidents and events of importance for direct escalation to Incident Commander(s).
• Promote, foster, and advocate for an environment of collaboration, diversity, and inclusion. 
• Utilize forensic skillsets to properly scope and determine impact for security incidents across multiple technology platforms (Cloud, Hosts, Networks, Applications, Email).
• Mitigate risk by taking appropriate containment response actions on multiple platforms, or in some cases handoffs to partner teams.
• Keep detailed notes on all analysis activity, documented in the case management tool to validate process adherence. 
• Responsible for contributing to the strategic creation and updating of new and existing SOAR playbooks and runbooks to support efficient event alerting and response actions.
• Provide On-Call support for escalated events.
• Involvement with Cyber initiatives and projects that influence defense capabilities.

• Minimum 5 years working in Cyber Defense with experience in Incident Response, Security Operations Center (SOC), detection engineering, or similar functions.
• Previous experience supporting or leading incident response or detection engineering functions.
• Experience using industry-standard security toolsets in a layered defense model.
• Working knowledge of core Enterprise IT concepts (web application architectures, networking, etc.).
• Experience with host-based and network-based logging and analysis.
• Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape including different types of adversaries, campaigns, and the motivations that drive them.
• Knowledge of industry recognized security and analysis frameworks (Mitre ATT&CK, Kill Chain, Diamond Model, NIST Incident Response, etc.).
• Must be self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication (both verbal and written) and client intimacy skills with experience briefing corporate executives and professionals.
• Ability to be on call and provide support during nontraditional working hours.
• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT related field and/or equivalent work experience.

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:

• Previous experience working in multiple large complex environments and specifically within the Cyber Defense components of those organizations.
• Previous experience working in cyber defense and/or information security functions in the media and advanced technology industries.
• Previous experience working with network tools and technologies such as firewall (FW), proxies, IPS/IDS devices, full packet capture (FPC), and email platforms.
• Previous experience conducting static, dynamic, or reverse engineering malware analysis.
• Experience in applying security concepts to Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Relevant certifications (GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, etc.).
• Master’s Degree in an IT related field.

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $140,000 - $175,000.

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

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Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.

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