Information Security Engineer 1

At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

PowerSchool is hiring a Security Operations Center Associate Analyst. This position is reporting to the Security Operation Center Manager and is part of the Security Operations Center team. This position will assist in the operation and configuration of security monitoring tools of PowerSchool including SIEM, Intrusion Detection Systems, Data Loss Prevention, WAF, Advanced Threat Protection and others. This is a great opportunity for an individual who wants to start a career in Security, working with high level technologies and professionals.

Description

Your day-to-day job will consist of:

• Act as first line of defense to identify, secure and react to pre-defined security alerts using run books.
• Assist in the response of high impact incidents, working with all internal stakeholders around the company.
• Stay up to date with the most recent threats and technologies in the Cybersecurity world and actively contribute in improving the processes and solutions in place.
• Ability to utilize tools like SIEM, Endpoint protection, Web application Firewalls, Data Loss prevention, etc
• Able to interpret Vulnerability Scans, security logs and identify risk patterns or breaches
• Identify, assess and remediate pre-documented low risk security events.
• Assist in automating security routines and event treatment using the available tools and scripting languages.
• Execute Runbooks and SOC procedures and contribute in improvements.
• Analyze the root cause of incidents working with SME’s and application team

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 year or less of relevant and related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work with different stakeholders through strong communication skills.
• A relevant security certification preferred but not required
• Experience with Google SecOps a plus.

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing accomodations@powerschool.com.

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