-The Threat Hunting and Response Senior Analyst will be an integral part of the Novartis Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). -The CSOC is an advanced global team passionate about the active defense against the most sophisticated cyber threats and attacks. -The Threat Hunting and Response Senior Analyst will leverage a variety of tools and resources to proactively detect, investigate and mitigate emerging and persistent threats impacting Novartis networks, systems, users and applications. -This role will involve coordination and communication with technical and nontechnical teams including security leadership and business stakeholders. -As an experienced skilled analyst this role will also involve coaching and mentoring of more junior analysts.

Major accountabilities:

• Forensics and Incident response -Serve as escalation point for conducting investigations into security incidents involving advanced and sophisticated threat actors and TTPs.
• Perform forensic collection and analysis of electronic assets and devices.
• Scripts and malicious software log sources from a variety of systems and applications.
• Manage incident response activities including scoping, communication, reporting and long term remediation planning.
• Threat Hunting, review incident and intelligence reports from a variety of internal and external sources and teams.
• Develop hypotheses, analyze techniques and execute hunts to identify threats across the environment.
• Interface with security teams and business stakeholders to implement countermeasures and improve defenses.
• Big Data analysis and reporting.
• Research and develop enhance content within SIEM and other tools technologies and automation.
• Interface with engineering teams to design, test and implement playbooks orchestration workflows and automations.
• Research and test new technologies and platforms; develop recommendations and improvement plans.
• Perform host based analysis, artifact analysis, network packet analysis, and malware analysis in support of security investigations and incident response.
• Coordinate investigation containment and other response activities with business stakeholders and groups.
• Develop and maintain effective documentation; including response playbooks, processes and other supporting operational material.
• Utilizing SIEM/Big data to identify abnormal activity and extract meaningful insights.
• Develop incident analysis and findings reports for management, including gap identification and recommendations for improvement.
• Recommend or develop new detection logic and tune existing sensors / security controls.
• Work with security solutions owners to assess existing security solutions array ability to detect / mitigate the abovementioned TTPs.
• Creating custom SIEM queries and dashboards to support the monitoring and detection of advanced TTPs against Novartis network.

Key performance indicators:

• Effectively investigate to identify root cause, including attack vector, exploitation and other techniques utilized to bypass security controls.
• Accurately diagnose impact, damage and mitigation techniques needed to restore business operations and minimize reoccurrence.
• Identify technology and process gaps that affect CSOC services.
• Develop solutions and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Provide oversight and support for monitoring, hunting and incident response activities to ensure effective operations and mitigation of cyber security threats and risks.

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Relationship Management.
• Technical knowledge.
• Influencing without authority.
• Accountability.
• Process management.
• Experience working cross-functionally and trans-nationally.
• Interactions with senior management.
• Strategy Development.
• Collaborating across boundaries.

Skills:

• IT Governance.
• Compliance Risk Assessment and Remediation Protocols.
• Knowledge of all relevant policies and practices.
• Emerging Technology Monitoring.
• Regulatory Strategy.
• Strategic thinking and planning.
• Facilitation.
• Quality decision making.
• Creativity and visioning.
• Proactive thinking.
• Risk Management.
• Influencing and persuading.
• Effective communication.
• Synthesize insights to opportunities/challenges.