Information Security Analyst (On-site, CA)

Mechanics Bank is seeking an Information Security Analyst to support its bank security operations and employee access management. The role serves as a first-level escalation point for security events, monitors and investigates alerts, supports incident response, and assists with security alerting, compliance, research, and automation.

What you'll do:

• Works with other departments to ensure compliance of company policies
• Assist security engineering when required with all security related projects
• Takes a lead role in conducting security research on threats and remediation techniques and technology. Makes recommendations to Information Security and Information Technology teams and oversees implementation. Able to fine tune and streamline all security alerting
• Tier 1 for all security event analysis and intrusion detection (IDS/IPS) Incident response, including triage, incident analysis/forensics and remediation
• Supports the Bank’s operational information security responsibilities, including the development and maintenance of standards, procedures, and guidelines necessary to satisfy the Information Security department’s network operations
• Proactively monitors and investigates network security alerts from managed security service providers and in-house security tools
• Keeps informed on new laws, threats and regulations that affect information security
• Work in a customer service setting. Effectively communicates with end users and upper management of all levels
• Travel 0-10%

What they're looking for:

• 1-year of experience as a Security/SOC Analyst or comparable role required
• Strong technical skills with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel and other industry standard software and applications
• Threat analysis / Incident Response: interpreting events and analyzing network traffic
• Mitigating and addressing threat vectors including APT, DDoS, Phishing, Malicious Payload, Cloud, Mobile Devices
• Knowledge of current and upcoming IT security technologies
• Awareness of latest and common security threats
• Excellent ability to diagnose and troubleshoot accessibility issues
• Skill in oral and written communication, including presentations to senior management
• Outside the box thinker
• Successful, timely completion of assigned compliance training is required
• Windows, Linux, Scripting, Threat hunting, Automation
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls

Benefits:

• Employees working 25 hours or more per week are eligible for health benefits effective the first day of the month following or coinciding with their date of hire.
• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members
• Employer paid Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, AD&D, and Disability benefits
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter/Parking Benefit
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company contribution
• 529 Education Savings plan, Tuition Reimbursement Program and Student Loan Assistance Program
• Supplemental Health plans, Voluntary Legal and Identity Theft Services
• 11 paid holidays, paid Sick days (accrual of one hour for every 30 hours worked), up to 25 paid vacation days, and 16 hours of paid volunteer time throughout the calendar year
• Free personal checking and savings account; Discounted rates on primary residence loan with $0 origination fees (restrictions apply)