INTRODUCTION

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Security Threat Engineer II today with HCA Healthcare.

JOB SUMMARY AND QUALIFICATIONS

The Threat Response Engineer II – serves as the last line of defense between HCA and the threat actors that wish to bring harm to HCA Healthcare and the patients we serve – is a critical member of the 24/7 CDC team. They use state of the art technologies to detect threats on our network and eradicate them as a member of our Cyber Defense Center (CDC). As a member of the CDC, they operate along with a small team of like-minded individuals with a passion for cyber security.
This role provides Tier 2+ analysis and response to cyber security threats. Threat Response Engineer IIs are expected to React to escalated incidents from junior analysts to provide specific expertise on specifically difficult incidents requiring elevated knowledge in Cyber Defense. Successful analysts must be naturally curious and self-motivated to investigate and discover root causes of events while working in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment. Good teamwork, communication and leadership skills are vital.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree - Required

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

3 or more years

OTHER/SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will possess the following aptitudes and skillsets:
Experience as CDC lead/senior analyst role for 1 or more years.
Able to maintain a superior knowledge of the cyber security capabilities of operating systems, networking devices, control systems, and vendor offerings via self-directed learning and formal training.
Excellent critical thinking skills to understand available data and use it to support or refute potential hypothesis that explain the data. Use available data to develop and communicate conclusions and recommendations.
An ability to work and thrive in stressful situations. A demeanor that conveys calm professionalism in stressful situations.
An ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data and to follow proper ethical practices for using tools and accessing data.
A strong desire to determine root cause of events. A willingness to fully investigate all alternatives exhaustively until a conclusion can be supported.
Ability to self-prioritize tasks based on criticality and threat level.
Advanced written and oral communication skills.
The following certifications and courses are helpful, but, not required:
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
GIAC: GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCED, GMON, GCDA, GDAT, GCFE or comparable
CompTIA Security+
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
“The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient’s family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Security Threat Engineer II opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

React to escalated incidents from junior analysts to provide specific expertise on specifically difficult incidents. Investigate and triage these escalated events based on criticality. Provide recommendations on how to mitigate the threats. Use analytic techniques and critical thinking to solve complex and new cyber incidents.
Provide Tier 2+ Incident Response to cyber events, and self-driven investigative efforts against incidents.
Provide guidance to field resources on how to properly remediate a threat.
Provide training to other CDC team members to improve tools, techniques, and procedures for CDC operation.
Continuously improve documentation of work products and processes.
Participate in red/blue team exercises.
Execute HCA Healthcare’s Incident Response plan as part of an incident response team. Serve as Incident Commander, Task Lead, or Scribe during incidents.
Routinely collaborate with individuals and teams from across the enterprise.
Desired Experience:
Experience as a member of a Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) or comparable team.
Experience executing an Incident Response plan, preferably based on recognized industry standards (e.g. – NIST, SANS, etc).
Experience in Windows Artifact Analysis and Initial Forensic Analysis (e.g. – Program Execution, File/Folder opening, Account Usage, pulling memory, following proper evidence handling procedures, etc) using industry standard tools and available logs (e.g. – Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools).
Experience in Memory Analysis using tools such as Volatility
Experience in network forensic analysis to determine validity of detected events using available network logs collected via SEIM.
Experience in DFIR (Digital Forensics Incident Response).
Experience with an event/information analysis framework such as Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH).
Experience in performing security analysis or reporting utilizing Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) Technologies. Preferably Splunk and SPL experience.
Experience with document management and sustaining Security Operations Center (SOC) policies and run book procedures for incident response.
Experience with documenting root cause analysis and lessons learned.
Experience consuming and generating cybersecurity threat intelligence.
Experience across the technology stack. Familiarity with all OSI layers and expertise in some.