Offence Cybersecurity Analyst

Location(s)
Jacksonville FL

Details

Kemper is one of the nation's leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper's products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Kemper's Chief Information Security Office is looking for an Offence Cybersecurity Analyst to proactively research cyber threats, apply assessment techniques, and advise Kemper on appropriate risk mitigation. Reporting to the AVP Threat Intelligence and Offense Cybersecurity, you will support various projects and initiatives from a security perspective. You will be provided with guidance and training to facilitate your development within this role.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain technical knowledge of latest cyber threats, associated tactics, techniques and procedures, and industry best practices to counteract them
• Stay up to date with Kemper relevant vulnerabilities, threat actors, indicators of compromise (IOCs) tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and trends, identifying actionable areas of interest and threats
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of Kemper's offensive cybersecurity testing platform

• Plan, design and execute continuous adversarial testing scenarios leveraging latest, Kemper relevant threat intelligence and vulnerability information
• As needed, assist with root cause evaluation of incidents realized by the organization; develop and recommend courses of action to mitigate and/or prevent the threat posed to Kemper
• Contribute to improvements of defensive readiness controls
• Work side-by-side with internal security defensive cybersecurity operations team to provide intel-driven insights into existing and emerging threats, including being an active participant during security incident response
• As required, assist with Insider Risk and Forensics investigations

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 3 or more years of experience in the information technology area OR
• Kemper Cybersecurity intern, including Cybersecurity Certification and 4 or more years of experience in the information technology area OR
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 5 or more years of experience in the information technology area AND
• MS Office experience

• Understanding of common threat analysis models such as the Cyber Kill Chain, and MITRE ATT&CK
• Demonstrated knowledge of incident response methodology and attacker tradecraft.
• Collaborative and relationship building focused mindset.

Bonus points for:

• Threat hunting, red/purple teaming, and/or security incident response experience

• Experience automating and/or scripting with Python, etc.
• Previous experience in cloud-native or tech environments
• Security certifications such as GCTI, GCIH, GCIA, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable with current cyber threats and associated tactics, techniques, and procedures used to target IT systems.

• Threat hunting, red/purple teaming, and/or security incident response experience
• Experience automating and/or scripting common task (e.g., with Python).
• Basic Experience in intelligence collection, evaluation, and reporting/dissemination processes and procedures.

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.

Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee