Job Description

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world\'s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

About the Role and Team

Lead a team of cybersecurity professionals and help Swiss Re to fulfil its mission in making the world more resilient. As Head of Threat Monitoring, you\'ll be leading a team that monitors for and responds to current threats by analysing security tooling and log telemetry. What\'s more, you\'ll be working in a hybrid setup, balancing work from home and the office premises.

Cyber Defence is the focal point for all security activities across Swiss Re. We are responsible for keeping the company safe - by going the extra mile in terms of preciseness and diligence. As part of the Security Team, Cyber Defence is responsible for maintaining security operations, focused on delivering high-quality detection monitoring and response solutions. We\'re looking for an experienced cybersecurity leader who\'ll use their creative thinking to manage the production of detection content, investigation of incidents, and helping us to improve our incident response techniques.

In your role, you will\xe2\x80\xa6

• Manage a team of international analysts
• Prioritize triage events
• Manage / Create triage work instructions
• Craft detection content
• Improve existing detection content and playbooks
• Ensure in-time incident response
• Perform on-duty/ on- call support
• Handle major security incidents
• Understand the environment and applications
• Analyse and document incidents
• Act as deputy to Head of Cyber Defence

About You

• Demonstratable evidence of managing cyber security analysts or incident responders (in a SOC/CSIRT setup, preferably)
• In-depth knowledge of current threat landscape, offensive tooling, and OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK\xc2\xae techniques
• Technical writing skills to present complex topics to non-technical audiences
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (English)
• Malware and exploit analysis (or reverse engineering)

Your additional experience should include:

• Developing hypothesis-driven threat hunts
• Analysing various events, including but not limited to web traffic, underlying network protocols, malware, lateral movement TTPs (techniques, tactics, and procedures), or Microsoft and Linux security events
• Logfile correlation and analysis
• System and memory analysis
• Chain of custody and forensic acquisitions
• Major incident response or breach investigation management

Nice-to-have:

• Experience developing in Python, Kusto, or any other scripting language
• Experience with Azure or Amazon AWS

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world\'s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

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