Cybersecurity Engineer -Automation

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.
ABOUT THIS JOB:
Nielsen is the industry’s most trusted data analytics solution for video content across all platforms and devices. We follow modern security practices to uphold the privacy and security of all our data and systems. We're protecting tens of thousands of endpoints across multiple cloud and on premise environments. As a Cybersecurity Engineer you'll have the opportunity to work with industry leading technologies at scale to protect our products from an always evolving threat landscape. This hands-on position will be responsible for our end-to-end endpoint security controls and collaborate with other cross-functional teams to ensure central cybersecurity solutions are effective and in alignment with Nielsen’s strategic goals.
Nielsen provides all its employees with opportunities for education & training, including reimbursement for certification or degree programs and the chance to attend training conferences. We also provide an unlimited PTO program and advancement opportunities along a technical or managerial path of your preference.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the design, build, configuration and maintenance for internal cybersecurity functions including: system monitoring, technology integrations, infrastructure & configuration as code, and ETL.
• Continuous development and improvement of cybersecurity service delivery with ChatOps.
• Provide cybersecurity guidance on the strategy and implementation of automation/ SOAR use cases.
• Lead the migration of on-prem cybersecurity workloads to AWS serverless.
• Discover opportunities and implement automation to drive efficiencies across technologies and processes within the cybersecurity organization.
• End to end ownership of the security architecture and engineering team’s CI/CD pipelines for code deployment.
• Development of infrastructure as code for deployment and configuration of cybersecurity technology both on-prem and in the cloud.
• Development of architecture diagrams and documentation for cybersecurity CI/CD pipelines and share best practices throughout the organization.
• Remain current on cybersecurity technology, vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures.
• Review performance, availability, and capacity metrics of internally and externally hosted services and service components to compare with service agreements.
• Troubleshooting escalated cybersecurity endpoint, data, and network problems.
• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade cybersecurity measures to protect enterprise data and infrastructure.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU:

• With your problem-solving abilities and deep understanding of cybersecurity, you can help Nielsen stay on the forefront of the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape.
• You are excited by the challenge of learning new technologies.
• You are proactive in finding and correcting issues, and in looking for ways to maximize effectiveness of existing technologies.
• It is important to you to stay current on vulnerabilities, exploits, and the expanding cyber-attack surface (cloud services, remote work, IoT, supply chain).
• You approach challenges from new perspectives and develop effective solutions for unique problems.
• You appreciate the importance of operations as an enabler for incremental development and can effectively prioritize and perform work with autonomy.
• You look for opportunities to drive efficiency via automation and collaboration.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with a variety of operating systems including Windows, Linux and UNIX.
• Knowledge of cloud computing standards and controls (AWS,GCP, Azure).
• Advanced scripting/ automation experience (Python, Shell, Bash, Ansible).
• Hands-on knowledge of Source Code Management tech (Git).
• Proficient in developing Continuous Integration/ Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Good understanding of Infrastructure as Code and related technologies (Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
• Experience with SIEM, SOAR, UBA, XDR.
• Experience providing and validating security requirements related to information system design, implementation and business processes.
• Knowledge of common information security standards, such as: ISO, CIS, NIST.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate technical details in a clear, understandable manner.
• Security certification such as SANS/GIAC, CISSP, CEH, OSCP