Intrusion Prevention Engineer - Hoover, United States - Regions

Description

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Job Description:

At Regions, the Intrusion Prevention Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operation of Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems to ensure that controls are adequate and effective. This role analyzes scenarios, provides solutions, and makes recommendations to protect the environment, customers, and employees.

Primary Responsibilities

• Determines solutions to address new and existing threats and attacks against banking systems, customers and associates
• Creates rules and policies that maintain a good security posture while allowing necessary functionality
• Creates new ways to solve existing production security issues
• Investigates intrusion incidents, conducts forensic investigations, and mounts incident responses
• Evaluates new technologies and processes that enhance security capabilities
• Establishes plans and protocols to protect data and information systems against unauthorized access, modification, and/or destruction
• Delivers technical reports on daily activities
• Analyzes new security technologies and program conformance
• Maintains knowledge with current emerging technologies and advancements within Information Security
• Takes initiative for achieving desired results

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED and six (6) years of related post-secondary education and/or experience in Information Security or Information Technology

Preferences

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or directly related field
• Relevant security certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
• Financial services experience

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to analyze forensic and static malware
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts or scenarios to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Incident response technologies and methodologies skills
• Strong foundation in networking protocols and concepts
• Strong organizational, research, analytical and/or problem-solving skills to evaluate situations, make recommendations, and take effective action
• Strong written communication skills

*This position may be filled at a higher level depending on the candidate's qualifications and relevant experience.

*While this position will primarily work offsite, associate must be located within a reasonable driving distance (75 miles or less) of Birmingham, AL /Atlanta, GA/ Nashville, TN/ or Charlotte, NC. Regions will not provide relocation assistance for this position. Exceptions to the geographic location requirement may be made for current Regions associates.

Additional job detail for this specific opportunity

• Ability to demonstrate technical experience in one of the following areas: operating systems, networking, or application support and troubleshooting, malware analysis
• Experience with operating system hardening/secure configuration strongly preferred
• Experience with scripting (Powershell, Python, etc) preferred

Position Type

Compensation Details

Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point-of-market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include: experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role. As these factors vary by individuals, pay will also vary among individual associates within the same job.

The target information listed below is based on the Metropolitan Statistical Area Market Range for where the position is located and level of the position.

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Benefits Information

Regions offers a benefits package that is flexible, comprehensive and recognizes that "one size does not fit all" for benefits-eligible associates. Listed below is a synopsis of the benefits offered by Regions for informational purposes, which is not intended to be a complete summary of plan terms and conditions.

• Paid Vacation/Sick Time
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Disability Benefits
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Associate Volunteer Program

Please note, benefits and plans may be changed, amended, or terminated with respect to all or any class of associate at any time. To learn more about Regions' benefits, please click or copy the link below to your browser.

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