Truist Cybersecurity Threat Principal Analyst 

United States, Georgia, Atlanta 

994620521

Regular or Temporary:

English (Required)

1st shift (United States of America)Principal IR analysts must have a strong knowledge of windows internals and cloud (Azure, AWS) to effectively threat hunt and respond to advanced attacks. The ability to quickly identify nefarious artifacts versus benign activity will be a key skill for this position. Principal IR analysts must have problem solving skills for structured, unstructured, and complex situations.1st Shift, 7am to 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday (5-8 Schedule)1st Shift, 7am to 6pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday (4-10 Schedule)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Conduct cyber investigations for escalated and challenging computer security incidents using computer forensics, network forensics, root cause analysis and malware analysis.

• Develop tactical and strategic cyber intelligence fromacquiredthreat intelligence and technical indicators from external and internal sources.

• Participatein the creation and maintenance of use cases for recurring investigation/incident triggers in support of the 24/7 Cybersecurity Threat Operations and Cybersecurity Threat Management program.

• Participate in the creation and maintenance of playbooks used in response for investigation/incident triggers in support of 24/7 Cybersecurity Threat Operations and Cybersecurity Threat Management program.

• Interface with other teams in Information Security (e.g.network operations, Cyber Threat Operations Center (CTOC), vulnerability management) along with information and liability risk officers and technology management to help guide cyber security investigations and incidents.

• Identifynew threat tactics, techniques and procedures used by cyber threat actors.

• Proactively engage in threat hunting activities to proactively search for threats in the enterprise environment.

• The role is shift-based with weekend days and on-call supportrequired.

• Positionis located inAtlanta withweeklyon-site expectations in our downtown Cyber Fusion Center (CFC).

Required Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent education and related training

2. Eight years of experience in Cybersecurity or related work

3. Broad knowledge of general IT with mastery of one or more of the following areas: operating systems, networking, computer programing, web development or database administration

4. Demonstrated advanced knowledge of cyber security operations with mastery of one or more of the following: attack surface management, Security Operations Center (SOC) operations, Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) use, threats (including Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), insider), vulnerabilities, and exploits; incident response, investigations and remediation

5. Experience with systems for automated threat intelligence sharing using industry standard protocols, such as Structured Threat Information Expression (STIX) and Trusted Automated Exchange of Indication Information (TAXII) Advanced knowledge of processes, procedures and methods to research, analyze and disseminate threat intelligence information

6. Ability to lead and persuade individuals and large teams on ideas, concepts and opportunities

Preferred Qualifications:

Visual / Audio / Speaking

Able to access and interpret client information received from the computer and able to hear and speak with individuals in person and on the phone.

Manual Dexterity / Keyboarding

Able to work standard office equipment, including PC keyboard and mouse, copy/fax machines, and printers.

Able to work all hours scheduled, including overtime as directed by manager/supervisor and required by business need