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Senior Information Security Engineer, Tools and Detection- Toronto, Canada (Remote)
- Department Information Security
- Location Canada - Toronto
- Location Type Remote
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement SOC (Security Operation Center) and Incident Response systems integrations through automation and orchestration including Rest API and Python in AWS.
- Collaborate with IT and Engineering teams globally in designing, assessing, and implementing security controls to improve the overall security posture of our Infrastructure.
- Translate analyst and researcher feature requirements and/or PoC (Proof of Concept) scripts and tools into full-fledged features, driving process automation
- Document’s security tools and systems, trains Security Operations staff on tool use, and supports the day-to-day SecOps staff in the security mission
- Constantly perform security monitoring gap analysis using MITRE ATT&CK/ similar framework and increase detection coverage. Improving Signal to Noise Ratio, Developing Incident Response Workflow that can be automated & writing SOPs for SOC
- Work with existing deployment infrastructure to regularly deploy releases using modern tools such as git and CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Develops and publishes metrics and dashboards demonstrating our security posture, event activity and to drive operational improvements
Requirements
- Experience administrating Security Orchestration, Automation and Response tool (Swimlane, Demisto, Phantom or similar tools) and coding custom use cases/playbooks within the tool.
- Ability to automate solutions to repetitive problems/tasks using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Knowledge of Identity management. Hands on experience in managing below technologies: AV, DLP, SIEM, EDR, NGFW, Cloud Security Controls
- Broad knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Security products, Identity Management, network security, endpoint security, cloud security, vulnerability management, security incident response and malwares.
Good to have
- Exposure to incident response of cloud-based and distributed infrastructures are a plus.
- Possess any technical security certifications (e.g., SANS, Offensive Security, Azure/AWS Security Engineer, or any other industry standard certifications) is a plus
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 450 insurers, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
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