Threat Intelligence Engineer

The Nielsen Legal Team supports the company globally, protecting Nielsen’s business, products, intellectual property and reputation. The team places a focus on developing excellence and agility as we minimize risk and move the business forward. The team comprises attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants. Whether we’re solving a problem or averting a crisis, we are focused on creating the best environment possible to advance Nielsen’s reputation, preserve business opportunities, and help business to flourish. ABOUT THIS JOB Nielsen’s Security Threat Intelligence team provides services to detect, protect, and respond to cyber risks. As a Threat Intel Engineer you will be expected to research threat groups, understand Tactics, Techniques, Procedures of threat actors, create ways of detecting malicious activity, provide techniques to better protect Nielsen, and help respond to issues when required. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research threat groups to better create detections, advise on protection, and communicate risk
• Create alerts to detect malicious activity
• Hunt for cyber threats using SIEM and other tools available
• Provide malware reverse engineering and digital forensics
• Provide expert advice on the identification and mitigation of risks to help the business
• Document standard practices and step-by-step procedures to improve Nielsen threat intelligence

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU

• Your strong understanding of Cybersecurity can help Threat Intelligence find new ways of detecting and protecting against threats
• Your strong sense of integrity will better help protect the Nielsen business
• Your ability to see problems from different perspectives and reason out problems will improve Nielsen’s Threat Intelligence

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Information Systems or research related discipline or an equivalent years of direct Information Security experience
• Proven years of direct experience in Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Penetration Testing, or Red Team
• Experience developing ways of detecting cyber threats
• Experience working and developing in either python, ruby, or other programming languages is preferred
• Having one or more security certifications such as SANS/GIAC, CISSP, CEH, OSCP is preferred

ABOUT NIELSENWe’re in tune with what the world is watching, buying, and everything in between. If you can think of it, we’re measuring it. We sift through the small stuff and piece together big pictures to provide a comprehensive understanding of what’s happening now and what’s coming next for our clients. Today’s data is tomorrow’s marketplace revelation.  We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 100 countries. From global industry leaders to small businesses, consumer goods to media companies, we work with them all. We’re bringing in data 24/7 and the possibilities are endless. See what’s next with us at Nielsen: careers.nielsen.com#LI-WM1#LI-Remote