Security Analyst/Engineer
The NPD Group

Job Info

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Learn and work on meaningful initiatives with some of the best and brightest in the market research industry. The NPD Group provides the world's most successful brands with leading market research, combining consumer and retail point-of-sale data with analytic solutions to interpret today's market trends while anticipating tomorrow's. In addition, we offer a career filled with innovation and growth to the forward-thinking problem solvers who join our team.

Position Overview

This position will analyze risks and help operate the enterprise security program. The analyst shall serve as a contributor to security assessments including controls assessments, vulnerability assessments, compliance assessments, and related initiatives. This position functions as the liaison between the business users and the technical resources to be the primary person responsible to ensure all needs are met.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Perform assessments; identify security threats and vulnerabilities across the enterprise; implement controls; provide reporting and analysis to appropriate teams
• Assist compliance and promote security policies
• Take appropriate actions to safeguard company information assets against current and foreseen threats
• Threat surveillance; identify emerging threats and potential solutions
• Implement security programs: execute project deliverables as assigned
• Communicate to affected stakeholders including departments within the organization
• Maintain program procedures including guidelines and flow diagrams to be implemented on an ongoing basis
• Communication and outreach: maintain communication with peers throughout the organization and security contacts including Business Units and subsidiary locations; disseminate information regarding security controls and newly identified risks
• Assess and measure security programs to ensure closed-loop operations
• Monitoring: review security events for anomalous activity to safeguard company information assets against current and foreseen threats
• Support assignments involving the execution of a series of related tasks in LAN and WAN environments
• Install or troubleshoot programs within web environments
• Remain current on industry standards for security in a technology environment

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• All other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements:

• Typical office environment, extended sitting and computer work

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of IT security experience
• BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required
• Licensing/certification preferred (at least one of the following): CISSP, CISM, SANS, GIAC (or related), ethical hacking/penetration tester certification, and/or security risk assessment certification
• Good communication skills
• Experience working with internal and external clients

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to present information to internal and external clients in line with company objectives
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Technical Skills:

• Solid understanding of vulnerability assessment, threat analysis, and reporting
• Understanding and promotion of security policies
• Implementation of security programs
• Monitoring of security systems for threats
• Knowledge of security environments
• Understanding of industry standards
• Understanding of endpoint security solutions, including file integrity monitoring and data loss prevention
• Experience with Azure, other cloud platform as a service (PaaS) security, and using automating security testing tools
• Good working knowledge with Chef (configuration management tool) and Git
• General knowledge of advanced coding language such as Java, C+, etc.

Competencies:

• Above reproach values for security matters (Ethics and Values)
• Innovative technical skills in implementing new technology - (Innovation Management particularly as it applies to new technologies)
• Great technical skills - (Technical Savvy)
• Very good communication skills - (Verbal and Written Communication Skills)
• Excellent peer relationship with Enterprise groups and upper management (Peer Relationships)
• Able to develop rapport with multiple departments (Political Savvy)
• Understands and adheres to process (Process Management)

The NPD Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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