
Operational Security Management Specialist
- Houston, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Undertake Incident detection and response activities in the SOC
- Analyze and investigate security alerts and incidents with appropriate protocol in support of the business
- Develop the implementation and application of relevant operating processes and procedures, and ensure all activities adhere to the relevant standards.
- Ensure data accuracy within the SIEM, case management system and others.
- Liaise with various teams and senior partners across bp to advise on information security and risk and manages third party service providers that are helping to deliver related projects as required.
- Seeks opportunities for continuous improvement and automation within the specialism in response to internal and external developments.
- Develop and undertake threat hunting opportunities within in the SOC in addition to liaising with the cyber intelligence team to identify proactive risk mitigation measures.
- Follows bp's Code of Conduct and models bp's Values & Behaviors.
- Bachelor's degree (e.g., Information Security, Network Security, Information Assurance, Information Technology, Computer Science) or equivalent experience and/or qualifications.
- L1 SOC experience
- Knowledge of SIEM and Cyber toolsets
- EDR experience
- Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
- Threat Hunting methods
- Strong problem-solving skills as applied to technical solutions
- Relevant experience of information security and risk
- Sound technical knowledge of security as applied to IT Networks, systems, and applications
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Good understanding of security fundamentals including network and host forensics, log analysis and basic malware analysis
- Deep technical analysis ability
- Understand the basics of email routing
- Understanding of core enterprise technologies such as Active directory, Windows OS, MAC OS, Linux etc.
- Understanding of adversarial attack patterns, vulnerabilities and TTPs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- You embrace a culture of change and agility, evolving continuously, adapting to our changing world
- You are an effective teammate, looking beyond your own area/organizational boundaries to consider the bigger picture and/or perspective of others, while understanding cultural differences
- You continually enhance your self-awareness and seek input from others on your impact and effectiveness
- Well organized, you balance proactive and reactive approaches and multiple priorities to complete tasks on time
- You apply judgment and common sense – you use insight and good judgment to inform actions and respond to situations as they arise
- You follow BP's Code of Conduct and demonstrate strong leadership through BP's Leadership Expectations and Values & Behaviours
- COMPTIA Security+ / CYSA+ CASP+
- SANS Certification GSOC, GCIH, GCIA
- CISSP Certification and accreditation
- Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH
- Blue Team Level 1 Certification
- Cisco Certifications (CCNA or similar)
- Similar/ higher certifications