Cyber Risk Defense Consultant

We’re seeking an individual contributor to join the Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering team at Kaiser Permanente.  The individual will enjoy information security research and threat intelligence and be a highly motivated, experienced Cyber Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunt analyst. They will have a passion for cybersecurity, a desire to work with a dynamic team, and have experience in strategic, operational, and tactical threat intelligence.

The successful candidate will handle analyzing complex cyber threats, developing intelligence-based strategies to mitigate these threats, and communicating these strategies to key stakeholders. As a senior member of our cybersecurity team, they will work closely with other analysts, engineers, and security teams to ensure the protection company critical information.

This senior level employee is primarily responsible for overseeing the maintenance and protection of integrity and reliability of the security of data, systems and networks.

• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.


• Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.


• Leads team in the proactive monitoring and/or response to known or emerging threats against the KP network.


• Effectively communicates investigative findings to non-technical audiences.


• Plans and facilitates regular operations meeting with Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC) teams.


• Supports closed loop processes on security efforts by providing feedback to the TDA leads and/or leadership.


• Participates in information fusion procedures across operations and engineering, including activities such as Use Case planning/development, Use Case quality assurance validation, and response procedure documentation.


• Serves as a liaison between stage teams and upper management by identifying issues, improvement areas, or security/architectural gaps and suggesting appropriate improvements.


• Drives the development of the CRDC intellectual capital by leading process or procedure improvements, consulting on brown bag training sessions, and leading the development of new training documents.


• Partners with the CRDC Policy Engineers and Remediation teams to contain identified issues and determine the best approach for improving security posture.


• Facilitates follow-up remediation design and review efforts.


• Leads the investigation and triage of security events across multiple domains.


• Leads complex data analyses in support of security event management processes, including root cause analysis.


• Coordinates the response and resolution of high impact or critical cyber security incidents.


• Leads the deployment of threat detection capabilities and/or incident response plans which may include after-hours support and coordination among responsible teams.


• Drives the execution of incident detection and/or handling processes which may include containment, protection, and remediation activities.