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PG&E Expert OT Cyber Incident Responder in Concord, California
Expert OT Cyber Incident Responder
Location: Concord, California
Requisition ID # 157239-en_US
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Our IT professionals are at the enterprise's core, leveraging modern technology to deliver safe and reliable energy to our customers. We use AI, the cloud, data science, and the latest tools and programming languages to solve hard, interesting problems and tackle challenges like the ever-growing threat of climate change, wildfires, and breaches of cyber security. Join us and experience the satisfaction of being a technology enabler for a company that leads the industry in innovation.
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Benefits
PG&E is proud to provide a comprehensive benefits program to help you take care of your physical, emotional and financial health. In addition to the offerings below, you can expect inclusive programs in areas such as performance recognition, training and employee development, mentoring and more.
Paid Time Off
Vacation, Sick Hours, Holidays, Family Leave
Employee Resource Groups
16 ERGs at the core of our DEIB culture that support employee development and foster business relationships
Professional Development
Leadership and Employee Development Courses, LinkedIn Learning, Mentoring Program and up to $8,000 for Tuition Reimbursement
Healthcare
Low-Cost Medical, Dental, Life/Accident/Disability Insurance and Free Vision
Healthcare & Dependent Care FSA
Pre-tax employee-funded accounts that cover certain out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses
Retirement Plans
401(k) Matching up to 8% AND Cash Balance Pension (no Cost to you)
Job Details
Requisition ID # 157239
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 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
The Expert OT Cyber Incident Responder will be curious and knowledgeable regarding cyber security standards and technologies, specifically focused on infrastructure within an industrial control system (ICS) environment, able to work independently or with appropriate stakeholders as needed. You will provide the opportunity to focus on threat identification, proactive threat hunting, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence fusion. You will be part of a highly collaborative, dynamic, responsive, and agile team providing incident response and cyber defense services to IT & OT infrastructure.
You will primarily be responsible for system-based defense to support forensic analysis of compromised devices, endpoint log analysis, development, delivery, and enforcement of response and remediation activities across the organization. You will also be responsible for development of advanced mitigations to ensure defensive resiliency. Daily activities will include collection and analysis of potentially compromised systems, malware analysis, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts. In this role, you will work multi-functionally in a diverse teaming environment with various internal points of contacts and handoffs.
The role is hybrid and is expected to be in-person at least one day per week in the SIOC in Concord, CA.
PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $136,000
Bay Area Maximum: $232,000
Job Responsibilities
Maintain knowledge of adversary activities, including intrusion tactics, attack techniques and operational procedures.
Investigate and respond to potential cybersecurity incidents
Analysis of security event logs from a variety of sources
Forensic analysis of potential evidence
Static and dynamic malware analysis
Network packet capture analysis
Lead incident response efforts, coordinating resources as needed
Documentation of analysis, including summarization for executive review
Perform proactive threat hunting
Work cross-functionally to recommend, facilitate, and test security control improvements
Create and refine security operations workflows for new and existing tools
Provide guidance to junior analysts
Share on-call responsibility outside of business hours, onsite and remote
Qualifications
Minimum:
High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
6 years’ experience in IT-Information Technology security, including working in Security Operations Centers
Desired:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Previous experience supporting cyber defense analysis of Operational Technology (OT) Networks, including Integrated Controls Systems (ICS), SCADA, and Process Control Networks (PCN).
Formal IT Security/Network Certification, such as WCNA, CompTIA Security +, Cisco CCNA, GIAC GCIH, GMON, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GICSP, GRID, or other relevant certifications
Utility Industry experience
Experience with compliance standards: NERC-CIP, SOX, TSA
Previous experience working with various SIEM, EDR, and digital forensic technologies
Experience with scripting in Python, PowerShell
Malware reverse engineering skills