Specialist, Cyber Security Operations - Cloud/Containers Security

March 28

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

Although this job is listed in New Jersey, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $99.7k - $148.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛡️ Security Operations

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Prudential Financial

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Prudential Financial is a multinational financial services leader with operations extending across the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. With a rich heritage in life insurance and asset management, Prudential focuses on helping both individual and institutional customers grow and secure their wealth. The company offers a diverse range of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. Known for its Rock symbol that represents strength and stability, Prudential emphasizes a culture of respect, collaboration, diversity, and inclusion. The company is committed to providing career growth opportunities and making a positive impact on people's lives.

Financial Services • Investment Management • Life Insurance • Retirement Benefits • Group Benefits

10,000+ employees

Founded 1875

💸 Finance

🏠 Real Estate

📋 Description

• Partner with security professionals across Prudential’s teams to drive cloud security efforts • Support implementation and operational best practices while contributing to project workstreams • Perform triage of issues related to technology configuration, software weaknesses, and process challenges • Work on significant issues requiring analysis of variables impacting future security concepts, products, or technologies • Contribute to the design, development, implementation, and enhancement of cloud/container monitoring capabilities • Triage, prioritize, drive remediation, and validate controls of cloud/container-related findings • Provide subject matter expert guidance on remediation and prioritization • Share and evolve reporting metrics relating to risk posture • Partner with leadership to set direction for the Attack Surface Management program • Develop security policies and compliance initiatives based on industry standards

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Computer Science / Engineering or formal experience in related fields • Demonstrated expertise in cloud and container security • Skilled in vulnerability assessment, risk prioritization, and threat correlation • Familiarity with vulnerability and security scanning tools, as well as common vulnerability data sources and frameworks (CVE, CVSS, EPSS, CWE, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK) • Experience improving vulnerability management platforms, processes, and assessments • Ability to collaborate with engineering teams to provide SME knowledge of vulnerabilities, validate risk reduction effectiveness and false positives, and consult on mitigations • Engineering mindset – systems thinking, creative problem solving, deductive reasoning • Effective communication and documentation • Experience with several of the following: Demonstrated knowledge in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/ECS) • Experience with CI/CD and secdevops • Scripting background (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) • Familiarity with application and open-source security • Understanding of threat actors, with the ability to articulate or demonstrate how they operate and subvert common security controls • Knowledge of industry security standards and frameworks (CIS, NIST, PCI DSS) • Ability to develop proof-of-concept exploits in a lab environment to demonstrate exploitability and provide validation of proposed remediation action

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance • Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave • 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%) • Company-funded pension plan. • Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs. • Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development. • Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs. • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. • Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program.