Company Description
“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business.” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.
15,000 trained professionals
250+ locations worldwide
Fortune 500
Globally unified systems
Job Description
We’re looking for a driven Cyber Security Specialist passionate about building innovating solutions to prevent against an ever-expanding battery of cyberattacks. We’ll look to you to work with our team to defend our critical information and computer networks from opportunistic hackers, and we’ll also expect you to keep your thumb on the pulse of the IT security sphere so you can take appropriate measures to keep our business and platforms protected.
Expeditors IS Security is committed to and responsible for protecting the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of our data and our customer’s electronic data. The Expeditors IS Security Team focuses priorities through the use of risk based methodologies. Security requirements, whenever possible, should both improve our security posture and reduce long term resource requirements.
A security specialist brings a dedicated operational security focus to all aspects of Information Services. The security specialist is exposed to many technologies & disciplines, comprehending complex systems & layered information to identify & clearly communicate risk.
The IS Security team is highly collaborative and communicative internally, within the IS department, and with the company as a whole and excellent customer service is always priority one.
Qualifications
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Respond to alerts from the managed Analytics/SIEM Platform
Improve the detection, escalation, containment and resolution of incidents
Participate in Incident Response activities
Monitor, troubleshoot, and escalate production problems as per operations processes, affecting the infrastructure that includes Routers, Firewalls, VPN and Web Proxy.
Analyzing modern credential phishing threats
Advanced focus in at least one security functional domain
Identifies Opportunities to improve security policies and best practices
Understands data, application & technology architectures
Expresses detailed knowledge of security technologies
Demonstrated knowledge of industry policies & best practices
Actively identifies security opportunities
Discipline & cultural leadership
Essential Experience
Professional experience in the Cybersecurity Operations field, 7 to 10 years
Understanding of Firewalls, Web Proxies, Analytics/SIEM Platform, Antivirus, SSL Certificates and Vulnerability Management.
Proficiently manage common system security techniques
Understand data, application, technology architectures and frameworks
Working knowledge of the usual acronym soup: IDS/IPS, VPN, DNS, DHCP, WAF, IPv4, IPSEC, RADIUS, TACACS, etc. with practiced experience in one or more of these areas.
Network protocol analysis with one or more tools to troubleshoot application and connectivity problems.
Solve problems which meet business needs and drive team effectiveness
Fluently translate complex technical information to/from non-technical audiences
Qualifications
Preferred Experience
Understand security controls for networks, servers and applications.
Experience with one or more scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)
Auditing and compliance
Certification on cybersecurity domain
Essential Characteristics and Experience
Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both on paper and verbally, to internal and external customers
Keen attention to detail, with good listening, verbal, and written communications skills
Manage schedules and deadlines, strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work and do multi-tasks. Superior project management and time management skills.
Positive attitude and proactive personality
Passionate and self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to management
Additional Information
Benefits:
Competitive Salary
Working in an inspirational culture and environment
Medical Insurance related benefits
Employee Stock Purchase Plan as per company policy
Training and Personal development programs
