Senior Cyber Systems Engineer

Summary

Join NBCUniversal Cyber Security and help design and implement security platforms and services. As a member of the Cyber ECS Security Data Engineering & Insights team, you will transform the cyber defense program into an intelligence and threat-based organization. You will collect security data and build capabilities to drive insights. Responsibilities include providing secure design and engineering guidance, onboarding data elements, ensuring uninterrupted data ingestion, providing support to other teams, facilitating knowledge sharing, maintaining platform infrastructure, participating in on-call rotation, and thriving in a fast-paced environment. The role requires a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years of cybersecurity and data engineering experience with Splunk, and a deep understanding of SIEM principles. Additional requirements include experience with cloud computing, scripting languages, data structures, and microservices architecture. The position is fully remote and offers company-sponsored benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar discipline; or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Cybersecurity and data engineering experience with a focus on working with Splunk
• A deep understanding of SIEM security principles and how to apply them
• Experience implementing automation, pipeline, data processing, and security frameworks
• 5+ years of Splunk Architecture and Administration Experience
• Familiarity with large security data solutions such as AWS Security Lake, Data Bricks, Snowflake, Splunk etc
• Experience with cloud computing platforms, specifically AWS and/or Azure
• Familiarity with Serverless services like AWS Lambda or Azure Functions
• Proficient in Python, Bash or other scripting language
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Leverage data to drive design and risk decisions using various sources and basic analytics to create clear metrics and reports
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization technologies
• Highly collaborative; personally, and professionally self-aware; able to and interested in interacting with employees at all levels; embody integrity; and represent and inspire the highest ethical standards
• Desire to try things and iterate on them, fail fast, and focus on functionality that matters
• Eagerness to learn new security tools/services to support broadening our portfolio
• Experience with CI/CD technologies (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Provide secure design and engineering guidance for security data collection, insights, and analytics
• Onboard various data elements via a data streaming platform across NBC Universal’s business entities
• Ensure uninterrupted ingestion of critical systems data into threat detection, analytics, and response systems
• Provide excellent support and service to other teams that rely on security data systems – help share knowledge, and assist in creation and management of dashboards, alerts, reports, and other knowledge objects
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining detailed documentation and diagrams, while also collaborating with other team members on standard processes and technology roadmaps
• Maintain & support platform infrastructure for SIEM and endpoint product implementations
• Participate in an on-call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours and be available to perform maintenance and critical operations as needed
• Be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment using proper organizational skills to ensure deliverables are met

Preferred Qualifications

• Splunk Enterprise Admin or Architect certification
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous programming patterns
• Familiar with ML algorithms and tech stacks
• Experience configuring and managing rsyslog/syslog-ng
• Datadog Administration Experience
• Experience with cyber monitoring of assets and resolution
• Experience with Vector and/or Logstash
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks