Senior Cyber Threat Specialist - Threat Intelligence Analyst

Requisition ID # 166076 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Concord

Department Overview

The Cybersecurity function is led by PG&E’s Senior VP and Chief Information Security Officer and is responsible for cybersecurity and risk management across the organization.

The Security Intelligence and Operations Center (SIOC) is responsible for ensuring that PG&E proactively identifies and assesses threats to its user and operational network and data, monitors its network for malicious activity, investigates intrusions and other relevant events, and has a sophisticated and detailed understanding of the evolving threat landscape.

Position Summary

Delivers information security services in support of PG&E's enterprise security goals and objectives. Utilizes a variety of commercial and custom tools and processes to provide information security services. Duties include but are not limited to: identifying and acting on pertinent Indicators of Compromise, identifying and communicating of physical or cybersecurity intelligence, and reporting of intelligence findings on security incidents to Cybersecurity leadership. This position requires analytical thinking, written and verbal communication skills, technical log and security tool analysis skills, and documentation of all work being performed.

This position is for Day-Shift, and the Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst will be responsible for working towards continuous improvement through new processes, mastering and being a subject matter expert of current processes, waste elimination efforts, and collaboration with teams both within and outside of Cybersecurity. 

This position is hybrid, working from our Concord location Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  The remaining days will be from your remote office. 

Job Responsibilities

• Identifies, tracks, and monitors emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and trends
• Keeps current with changing technologies, threat actors and geopolitical events which could impact stability and operations
• Maintain knowledge of adversary activities, including intrusion tactics, attack techniques and operational procedures.
• Use intelligence feeds and OSINT to maintain situational awareness to identify, track, and monitor emerging security threats and trends regarding threats to PG&E, the utility industry and US critical infrastructure
• Provide orated threat briefs to internal Cybersecurity teams, various teams across the organization, and sometimes executives
• Research and author Threat Assessment Reports for Risk Organization
• Research and author intelligence-driven threat hunting packages
• Investigate and respond to potential cybersecurity incidents discovered while hunting and assist Incident Response team as needed, including after escalation
• Analysis of security event logs from a variety of sources
• Ability to analyze malware/exploits through forensics, observation of network traffic and using packet capture or other tools and resources to determine if PG&E systems are vulnerable or exploited
• Documentation of analysis, including summarization for executive review
• Effectively prioritize multiple high-visibility work streams and coordinate resources
• Provide subject matter expertise on security analysis services, tools, processes, and procedures, mentoring junior team members, and improving services
• May help coach less experienced employees
• Identifies and makes recommendations for improvements to current security services, tools, processes, and procedures
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and processes in order to improve team efficacy and efficiency
• Collaborate with teams within the SIOC, cybersecurity as a whole, IT as a whole, and the multiple lines of business we interact with
• Work cross-functionally to recommend, facilitate, and test security control improvements

• Share on-call responsibility outside of business hours, onsite and remote

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• 4 years experience in IT-Information Technology security, multi-platform, or job-related experience

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or job-related discipline or equivalent work experience
• Basic scripting skills
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix
• Knowledge of all layers of the OSI stack
• Formal IT Security/Network Certification, such as WCNA, CompTIA Network+ and Security +, Cisco CCNA, ISC2 CISSP, GIAC GCIH, GMON, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GICSP, GRID, or other relevant certifications
• Previous experience supporting cyber defense analysis of Operational Technology (OT) Networks, including Industrial Controls Systems (ICS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and Process Control Networks (PCN)
• Utility Industry experience
• Technical knowledge of operating systems (e.g., UNIX, Windows).
• Experience with compliance standards: NERC-CIP, SOX, TSA
• Previous experience working with various Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and digital forensic technologies