Cyber Response Analyst

Job Description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.

As a key member of our Enterprise Technology group, you'll play a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you're looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people's lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

The position is for a Cyber Defense Response Analyst with a proactive identification and remediation of suspicious cloud, network, and host-based activity. A Response Analyst provides proactive and reactive security and forensics services to protect Ford's technology, infrastructure, applications and data from compromise. Scope is for any Ford Motor Company asset or asset of any subsidiary or joint venture worldwide.

Successful candidates must have a significant interest in computer forensics, and forensics background is considered a plus. The candidate should display strong technical depth that spans cloud, network, and hosts. Experience in understanding modern computing vulnerabilities, attack vectors and exploits is recommended. Leadership behaviors must include solid oral and written communications skills, focus on teamwork, and a high level of personal integrity.

Candidates must be willing to work Hybrid with an in-office schedule in the southeast Michigan metro area.

Responsibilities

What you'll be able to do :

Formal incident response efforts - coordinated responses to major intrusions or exploits.

Incident investigations including: intrusions, illegal software usage, misuse of computing facilities, internal probes and phishing

Provide consistent and repeatable methods to resolve security incidents

Allow management to envision additional threats and incorporate improvement activities

Daily analysis of multiple data sources with the ability to determine if a threat applies to Ford or not

Security Incident Event Management

Pattern analysis based on threat intelligence feeds

Scripting experience to automate certain analysis tasks is helpful

Verification of identified cyber incidents through digital forensic investigation using various tools, EDR, SIEM, Cloud logs.

Ability to perform high-quality work and deliver results in timely manner

Provide data and analysis in support of regular metric reporting demonstrating business value directly associated with pro-active analysis

Enable compliance with laws and regulations

Minimize asset loss and threat propagation

Leverage enterprise-wide skill sets to handle incidents

Mentor junior and peer analysts in proper incident handling techniques and specific tools and techniques.

Address due diligence and legal exposures

Continuously identify and incorporate IT security improvement opportunities

Qualifications

The minimum requirements we seek :

Bachelor's degree in a computer related field

2+ years Cyber Security Analyst SOC experience

Experience in a fast paced, high stress, support environment, able to work with a sense of urgency and pay attention to detail

Our preferred requirements :

2+ years of Cloud experience in GCP or Azure development or security operations

Thorough knowledge of common Cyber Security tools

Disciplined approach utilized when completing work and adhering to procedure

Sound understanding of Cloud, TCP/IP and networking concepts.

Solid and demonstrable comprehension of Information Security including malware, emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerability management.

Experience with reviewing system log files, data correlation, and analysis (i.e. firewall, network flow, IDS, system logs).

In depth knowledge of servers, clients, various computer peripherals, network and/or Storage technologies

Strong deductive reasoning, critical thinking, problem solving, and prioritization skills.

Experience assisting the development and maintenance of tools, procedures, and documentation.

Customer service including the resolution of escalations, incident handling, and response.

Ability to follow detailed process and procedure documentation.

Requires personal flexibility with limited travel and in day today work schedule (could require significant overtime in the event of a global or high visibility incident)

Demonstrate high level of independent initiative, drive for results, quality methods and integrity

Thorough knowledge of multiple operating systems specifically Windows and (Mac or Linux)

Awareness of computer forensics as a discipline a plus

Familiar with Ford Computing Infrastructure and application development life cycle (SDM)

GIAC, CEH, CISSP or other security credentials

Scripting abilities (Python, Jupyter Notebook)

What you'll receive in return :

As part of the Ford family, you'll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings, and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You'll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or protected veteran status.

For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit: https: // corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en- us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf

More Information on Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company operates in the Automotive industry. The company is located in Dearborn, MI and Palo Alto, CA. Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903. It has 175633 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Disability insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Health insurance and Life insurance. To see all 167 open jobs at Ford Motor Company, click here.

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