Security Analyst - Sony Corporation of America Herndon, VA, USA Bookmark Share Print 888 1 10

Listing Description

Please apply online at the following sites:

Weekend analyst: https://careers.sony.com/sony/?offerid=1917

Weekday afternoon analyst: https://careers.sony.com/sony/?offerid=1920

Sony Corporation of America, located in New York, NY, is the U.S. headquarters of Sony Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. With some 900 million Sony devices in hands and homes worldwide today, a vast array of Sony movies, television shows and music, and the PlayStation Network, Sony creates and delivers more entertainment experiences to more people than anyone else on earth.

Position Summary

Sony Corporation of America (SCA), is seeking a Security Analyst to join the Global Security Incident Response Team (GSIRT) Security Operations Center (SOC), responsible for security event analysis, incident response, and related activities. This position will report to the Manager, Analysis & Response and is located at the SOC headquarters in Herndon, VA, just outside of Washington, DC. This position will be responsible for covering a weekend night shift or a weekday afternoon shift.

Job Qualifications

Bachelors in Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field

Minimum of 3 years of experience in Information Technology with at least 2 years of experience in Information Security

Hands-on experience in a Security Operations Center environment conducting network, host, or threat analysis

Experience analyzing raw log files, particularly logs from network or host based security tools

Experience analyzing packet captures

Deep understanding of network defense principles, common attack vectors, and attacker techniques

Technical baseline skills and the ability to acquire in-depth knowledge of network and host security technologies

Strong work ethic and commitment to accomplish assigned tasks with a sense of urgency

Strong aptitude for continuous learning and growth

Experience teaching yourself technical subjects

Comfort with using the Linux command line

Experience with at least two programming or scripting languages

Experience with the following technologies or concepts:

IDS/IPS

Firewalls

SIEM or other security/log management platforms

Host-based forensics analysis

Static and dynamic malware analysis

Email analysis

Regular expressions

Virtualization

Common TCP and UDP protocols

Strong soft skills, including:

Written

Verbal

Problem solving

Decision making

All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.Perform security monitoring and incident response activities across the Sony Group’s global networks, leveraging a variety of tools and techniques

Detect incidents through proactive “hunting” across security-relevant data sets

Thoroughly document incident response analysis activities

Develop new, repeatable methods for finding malicious activity across the Sony Group’s global networks

Provide recommendations to enhance detection and protection capabilities

Present technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences

Write high-quality incident reports for executives

Develop and follow detailed operational processes and procedures to appropriately analyze, escalate, and assist in the remediation of information security incidents

Prioritize multiple high-priority tasks and formulate responses/recommendations to customers and team members in a fast-paced environment

Provide assistance to other security teams

Mentor other team members

Perform other duties, as assigned

Ability to work a weekend night shift or a weekday afternoon shift