What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Security Engineer/Manager position at Cox Enterprises?
Company
Cox Automotive - USA
Job Family Group
Information Technology
Job Profile
Cybersecurity Lead Engineer
Management Level
Manager - Non People Leader
Flexible Work Option
Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
Travel %
Yes, 15% of the time
Work Shift
Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary of $128,000.00 - $213,500.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Job Description
The Lead Security Engineer / Manager is responsible for the global management and operations of WAF / DDoS tooling across the enterprise. This role will be focused on customer threat detection work and needs to be an expert in WAF and detection as it relates to application security. The Lead Security Engineer / Manager develops new customer security detection use cases to detect and prevent fraud and abuse within Cox Automotive products.
PLEASE NOTE : this is an individual contributor opportunity
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Security Detection Engineering
- Manages and provides expert level guidance on configuring WAF (Web Application firewall) and Bot Management technologies across a large enterprise environment.
- Collaborates closely with engineering teams across the organization to provide operational support for WAF, Bot Management, and DDoS protection.
- Leads attack simulation tests to validate detection use cases are identifying attack patterns within on-prem and cloud systems.
- Develops customer threat detection and automated threat remediation use cases utilizing SIEM and other technologies.
- Develops and advances security tooling in-house to detect and respond to custom use cases.
- Collaborates with IR / Threat Intelligence and Threat detection team to continuously improve cybersecurity capabilities in identification, management, and response to threats in the most efficient and effective manner.
- Manages, administrates, and improves security monitoring products for WAF, SIEM, DDoS protection, and other industry standard security technologies.
- Leverages Threat Intelligence and performs threat hunting activities to identify compromised accounts and systems with EDR and other technologies.
- Proposes and helps review security plans and policies to improve the organization's security posture.
- Maintains operational playbooks, diagrams, and documentation for security detection and response.
- Reviews proposed security deployments to ensure security monitoring requirements are met.
- Other duties may be assigned as needed to address new security threats facing the enterprise.
- Utilizes MITRE ATTACK and industry standard frameworks to build and test detection use cases.
- Provides off hour support as needed for security administration, detection, and response activities.
Incident Response
Skills
Cyber Defense
Ability to :
WHO YOU ARE
Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications
Drug Testing
To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and / or in company vehicles is prohibited.
Benefits
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.
About Us
Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation / wellness days, and / or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants / employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
Salary : $128,000 - $213,500
