Cybersecurity Endpoint Engineer

Company Description

Our Cybersecurity team works diligently to ensure NielsenIQ’s software, hardware, and related components are protected from cyber-attacks. We’re constantly developing new security systems, analyzing current systems for vulnerabilities, and handling cyber-attacks in an efficient and effective manner worldwide.

Job Description

As a Cybersecurity Endpoint Engineer, you will support the global Cybersecurity Operations Center by building, implementing, optimizing, and administering enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions to safeguard Nielsen’s data, systems, networks, and associates.

What you’ll do

• Build, configure, maintain, and monitor cybersecurity threat defense capabilities.
• Create, implement, and tune policies on cybersecurity tools.
• Collaborate with Enterprise IT to appropriately configure cybersecurity systems and services to monitor for indications of compromise.
• Configure logging of cybersecurity technologies to integrate with the Security Information and Event Management(SIEM) tool to enable near real-time alerting.  
• Maintenance and monitoring the health and wellness of the SIEM  
• Assist troubleshooting escalated cybersecurity incidents to aid in rapid resolution. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop dashboards, reports, and alerts to meet their cybersecurity operational information requirements.
• Investigate and recommend corrective actions to help Incident Responders resolve cybersecurity incidents.
• Coordinate integrations and collaboration with managed security service providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Cybersecurity or Computer Information Systems, or a minimum of 5 years of cybersecurity experience. 
• Minimum 5 years of general IT experience with various operating systems in a functional capacity (Windows, Linux, macOS). 
• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience in cybersecurity operations. 
• Experience with configuring and maintaining cybersecurity technologies. Preference to experience with Splunk, ELK Stack, CrowdStrike, Gigamon, Tanium, Cisco, CheckPoint, and Microsoft cybersecurity tools.
• Working knowledge of coding with Python and/or VBScript.
• In-Depth understanding of cybersecurity operations and incident response procedures and toolsets used for internal investigations and audit/compliance reviews.
• Experience with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and Cyber Kill Chain 
• Knowledge of common information security standards, such as ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS, PCI DSS, ITIL, and COBIT. 
• Understanding of Cloud IaaS/PaaS. Preference to experience with Azure.  
• Basic understanding of the elements of the System Development Life Cycle. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with minimal supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate technical details in a clear, concise, understandable manner. 

Additional Information

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion