Jr. Security Engineer

WHAT YOU'LL DO
Viant is seeking a qualified Jr. Security Engineer who will focus on incident response and vulnerability management The Jr. Security Engineer will be tasked with responding to and protecting against security threats including intrusions, ransomware, malware, system-level breaches, unauthorized access, vulnerable systems, insider attacks and loss of proprietary information. 

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Continuously monitor tooling for alerts and indicators of compromise (IOCs)
• Identify and validate anomalous or suspicious activities across networks, endpoints, Kubernettes, containers and cloud platforms
• Contain and remediate active threats in coordination with IT and engineering teams
• Conduct forensic investigations of systems and environments
• Document each step of the incident handling process in an incident tracking system
• Collect and preserve evidence in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Communicate incident details and progress to internal stakeholders and leadership
• Escalate significant or high-severity incidents to senior security personnel or management
• Assist with hunts for threats based on current attack techniques and TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK)
• Use threat intelligence to help enrich detection logic and improve response procedures
• Assist in tuning SIEM rules, playbooks, and detection signatures to reduce false positives
• Produce incident reports, executive summaries, and after-action reviews (AARs)
• Maintain up-to-date runbooks and playbooks for various incident types
• Triage and validate vulnerabilities at runtime and in code base
• Triage and remediate misconfigurations in systems
• Triage and remediate exposed secrets and overly permissive service accounts
• Triage and remediate systems with exposed sensitive information
• Stay current on security trends, CVEs, exploits, and advanced persistent threats (APTs)
• Be part of an on-call rotation to handle alerts and incident response on a 24x7 basis

GREAT TO HAVE

• 1-2 years as an incident response analyst in a Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Minimum of 3+ years experience as a system administrator or senior IT support role
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Proficient in various security software and technologies and familiarity with security tooling used in popular cloud providers (AWS/GCP preferred)
• Experience with version control systems (Preferably GitHub)
• Knowledge of current security threats, techniques, and landscape
• Preferred certifications: Security+, CEH, OSCP, GCFE
• Experience working with scripting and programming languages such as Python to interface with APIs

LIFE AT VIANT

• Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more. 

About the Employer: Viant Technology Viant® is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: DSP) people-based advertising software company that enables ad buyers to plan, create, execute, and measure their omnichannel digital advertising investments.  The Viant programmatic software is uniquely built on people-based data combining more than 70 people-based data partners to enable scaled and accurate audience targeting and advanced measurement. This allows for targeting consumers using real world identifiers rather than relying on cookies, from which the industry is moving away. Adelphic® is Viant’s industry-leading omnichannel demand-side platform, empowering marketers and their advertising agencies to plan, execute and measure programmatic advertising campaigns across desktop, mobile, connected TV, linear TV, streaming audio and digital billboards -- in a single platform. Viant customers range across most verticals including automotive, entertainment, business to business, retail, consumer packaged goods, travel and healthcare. The Viant patented technology advances internet-connected household identification and overcomes the limitations of user identification in mobile and across networked devices, yielding rich, nuanced portraits of real consumers.  Based in Irvine, CA, Viant has more than 315 full-time employees in 11 offices around the U.S. Viant was recently recognized by Advertising Age as a Best Place to Work, and Adelphic is featured on AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list. For more information, please see attached or visit us on the web at www.viantinc.com.
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About Viant
Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP) is a leader in AI-powered programmatic advertising, dedicated to driving innovation in digital marketing. Viant’s omnichannel platform built for CTV allows marketers to plan, execute and measure their campaigns with unmatched precision and efficiency. With the launch of ViantAI, Viant is building the future of fully autonomous advertising solutions, empowering advertisers to achieve their boldest goals. Viant was recently awarded Best Demand-Side Platform by MarTech Breakthrough, Great Place to Work® certification and received the Business Intelligence Group’s AI Excellence Award. Learn more at viantinc.com.
Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.  Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.  Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
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