Junior Cybersecurity Engineer

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Job Summary:

GM Financial is the captive auto finance subsidiary of General Motors, focusing on delivering high-level security capabilities through its Cybersecurity team. The role involves preparing technical requirements, analyzing security technologies, and responding to security incidents to enhance the company's cybersecurity posture.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares technical requirements and standards

• Assists in the identification, engineering and designing of security technologies including, but not limited to: Security Incident and Event Managers (SIEM) and threat intelligence solutions, Web filtering (proxy, network AV), Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Endpoint security solutions, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Vulnerability Management (VM), Threat Intelligence and Threat Detection, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Email Gateways, Breach Mitigation, Certificate Management, SSL encryption and decryption, Identity Management, Cloud Security, Database Security, Web Gateways, VPNs and Firewalls

• Performs analysis of system logs to identify unauthorized use or access

• Creates, analyzes and communicates security metrics to leadership

• Participates in emergency response team activities for responding to various security incidents

• Provides in-depth support for information security incidents including internal violations, hacker attacks, virus and system outages

• Prepares and updates information procedures, standards and/or other technical requirement documents

• Participates in periodic information systems risk assessments

• Develops detailed proposals and plans for new information security systems that would enhance or enable new capabilities for network or host systems

• Recommends and evaluates security tools to identify more efficient and effective security measures

Qualifications:

Required:

• Local and wide area networking concepts, principles and protocols

• Advanced knowledge in Infrastructure design and management

• Working knowledge of management processes such as personnel administration, planning and budgeting

• Strong working knowledge of Intel platforms, iSeries and pSeries servers

• Advanced understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) best practices and processes

• Experience with UML Design Tools

• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, OSI model and imp subnetting

• High level understanding of technology infrastructure, security concepts and platforms

• Demonstrated success in project management

• Advanced knowledge of IBM pSeries hardware, operating systems and TSM backup infrastructure

• Advanced knowledge of the OSI model and security that is associated with each layer

• Understanding of routing and switching protocols as they relate to load balancing

• Strong understanding of application layer protocols including HTTP, SSH, SSL and DNS

• Knowledge and stay abreast on the latest security and privacy legislation, regulations, advisories, alerts and vulnerabilities

• Knowledge of IT security processes and controls as well as IT infrastructure and networking technical knowledge

• Proven expertise developing custom rule sets for tools to identify specific attacks and exploits based on feedback and requirements from business stakeholders including Compliance and Legal Counsel

• Possess understanding of cloud technologies and concepts

• Experience securing cloud deployments on common platforms like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with deploying environments by defining infrastructure as code (IaC)

• Experience with securing container deployments, Kubernetes, managed Kubernetes PaaS services, Agile environments, and DevOps environments

• Experience with managing infrastructure through CI/CD pipelines

• Knowledge of Linux operating systems and microservice architecture

• Background in scripting and automation in widely used languages such as Python, Go, Ruby, etc.

• Ability to think strategically and make collaborative decisions

• Ability to apply structured analysis methods to various types of data to establish trends, determine variability and business impact

• Communicates quickly, clearly, concisely, appropriately and intelligently

• Foster open communication, speaks with impact, listens to others and writes effectively

• Experience with alternate management methods using SSH, serial connections and the command-line interface TMSH

• Ability to effectively negotiate with vendors on upgrades and acquisitions

• Effective planning, time management, negotiation and delegation skills

• Expert level IT security processes and controls knowledge as well as IT infrastructure and networking technical knowledge

• Ability to approach problems with an open-mind and create new and innovative ideas and methods

• Advanced technical writing

• Experience in documentation tools such as Visio and Microsoft Office products

• Advanced information security standards/frameworks (i.e., NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001) skills

• Advanced experience with Network and VLAN segmentation

• Strong analytical skills

• Ability to approach problems with an open-mind, use existing information and resources

• Creative, Innovative, problem-solving and maximizing your potential to solve problems and improve methods

• Think positively when faced with obstacles, build on others ideas, think logically and intuitively

• Detailed oriented

Preferred:

• Cybersecurity related certifications strongly preferred

• Minimum of 1 to 5 years of experience in large and complex business environments with a successful track record working directly with senior level management preferred

• Minimum of 1 year experience in one or more of the following domains: Cybersecurity, Information Security, Network Engineering, or Network Operations, Information Technology, Application Development preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience strongly preferred

Company:

GM Financial is the captive finance company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Company. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. GM Financial has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.