Security Operations Engineer I

About Kirkland & Ellis

At Kirkland & Ellis, we are united in our ambition and drive to move forward. We share core values that help us achieve excellence: collaboration, talent empowerment, service, inclusion, respect and gratitude. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in the brightest talent and encourage a diversity of perspectives and strengths to create dynamic teams that operate at the pinnacle of their field. Our talented professionals show up every day knowing they will engage in meaningful work, continuous learning and professional development.
 
As one of the world’s leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and management; restructurings; high-stakes litigation and trials; and government, regulatory and internal investigations. We handle the most complicated and sophisticated legal matters because we don’t just meet industry standards, we create them. We bring innovation and entrepreneurialism to every engagement and, as a result, have long-standing client relationships with leading global corporations and financial sponsors. With 6,500 employees (including 3,500+ lawyers) operating from 19 offices across the United States, Europe and Asia, we are one of the largest law firms in the world and a top financial performer.

Essential Job Functions

• The Security Operations Engineer role provides daily incident response in addition to providing 24x7 support and operational availability of Kirkland’s security infrastructure.  Responsibilities include the monitoring and investigation of security alerts, implementation of new security technologies, day-to-day operations, and change management of all deployed security technologies. 

Essential Functions: (This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented and changed as necessary.)

• Analyze potential infrastructure security incidents to determine if incident qualifies as a legitimate security breach.
• Monitor and correlate security event log information to identify and detect anomalous activity.
• Document and conform to processes related to security monitoring, patching and incident response.
• Implement techniques using the most advanced technologies to hunt for the unknown threats in the environment
• Appropriately inform and advise management on incidents and incident prevention.
• Participate in knowledge sharing with other analysts and develop solutions efficiently.
• Upgrade security systems by monitoring security environment; identifying security gaps, evaluating and implementing enhancements.
• Enhance department and organization reputation by delivering quality results and exploring opportunities to increase value and raise awareness of Information Security Program.
• Partner closely with IT or business teams across the Firm to implement secure solutions that reduce business risk by ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education, Work Experience, Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in cybersecurity or other IT-related field
• At least four (4) years in an IT-related field or at least two (2) years working in cybersecurity required. Experience in an MSSP or SOC preferred.
• Programming and scripting skills such as PowerShell, Python, etc. preferred.

Technologies/Software:

• Microsoft Outlook, Word, & Excel required.
• Experience investigating security incidents using various security tools including EDR tools such as CrowdStrike, Sentinel One, etc. required.
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) such as LogRhythm, Splunk, etc. Experience should include event analysis, log collection/management, alert generation, investigations, and reporting preferred.
• Experience using file sandbox technology to detonate and analyze potentially malicious documents and executables preferred.
• Experience with other security-related technologies including Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems, Firewalls, Content Filtering Technology, Vulnerability Scanning/Management Solutions preferred

Certificates, Licensures, Registrations:

• Comptia Security+, Network+, Cybersecurity Analyst
• GIAC Information Security Fundamentals or Security Essentials Certification
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

•  This job may operate in a hybrid workplace model. In office work is in a professional office environment and a high-speed internet connection is required to connect to our systems when working in a home office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.

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