Lead Security Engineer

CoStar Group; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions

Tuition reimbursement

On-site fitness center

Job summary

CoStar Group, located in Arlington, Virginia, seeks an experienced cybersecurity professional to coordinate incident response and lead technical security assessments. This role requires strong scripting skills and experience in Information Technology.

The position offers competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and benefits including comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, and wellness programs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Information Technology, with 5+ years of cyber security experience.
• One or more security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIH are required.
• Ability to mature threat hunting practices within the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as incident response coordinator overseeing resolution activities.
• Lead technical security assessments and collaborate on security configurations.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.

Skills

Incident handling

Technical security assessments

Scripting/programming skills (Perl, Python, PowerShell)

Communication skills

Customer service skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Security tooling (Defender, Sentinel, EOP)

Windows Server 2012/2016/2019

Job description

Responsibilities

• Incident handling – serve as the incident response coordinator to oversee all incident response activities and ensure timely and successful resolution of incidents across various business verticals
• Develop, mature and lead incident response functions and reporting of findings
• Lead technical security assessments (network, application, database) for existing and newly acquired businesses or services and collaborate with other teams to adjust security configurations and architecture
• Facilitate quarterly incident response tabletop exercises and updating of the Incident Response Plan
• Team expert on Mitre Att&ck, tools, techniques, and practices of cyber attackers which you use to drive the overall strategy of the incident response team.
• Ability to define and develop platform automations to increase efficiency in responding to observed threats.
• Familiarity and comfort with at least one scripting language and basic understanding of CI/CD practices.
• Coordinate, performance and derive work from the security review and monitoring of the production environment setup permissions of users, open ports/services and overall network setup
• Ability to examine network, server, and application logs with forensic depth to determine trends and identify security incidents, and train and mentor others to deepen their skills
• Use security tools to audit infrastructure, detect issues and coordinate remediation of any issues
• Develop and mature threat hunting practices in the CoStar enterprise
• Collaborate with other teams to remediate discovered deficiencies, and develop and improve network and endpoint security configuration procedures
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• One or more security certification such as SANS/GIAC, CISSP, CISM, GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Certified Expert Incident Handler (CEIH) or equivalent
• 8+ years in Information Technology, with 5+ years of cyber security experience.
• Scripting/programming skills (Perl, Python, PowerShell)
• Experience with Windows Server 2012/2016 /2019 and Active Directory

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills to work effectively with others regardless of departmental or geographic boundaries
• Ability to work on a cultural diverse team that spans international time zones and foster an environment of inclusions and participation with all team members
• Experience with Microsoft Security tooling (Defender, Sentinel, EOP etc.) a plus
• Ability to produce detailed technical documentation
• Proficiency with PC software applications, E-Mail, and job associated applications/systems to expediently process work
• Requires good organization skills to produce quality work, within required specifications, and within scheduled timelines
• Excellent customer service skills

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, and tuition reimbursement.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks