Lead Systems Specialist-information Security

Job Description

To deliver desired, sustainable business outcomes and assure the integrity and continuity of our systems.

This position is responsible for the development, analysis, and delivery of strategic and tactical cyber threat intelligence to support proactive defense measures, offensive security operations, incident response, and risk mitigation across the organization.

This includes sharing intelligence expertise, providing analytical guidance and mentorship, supporting stakeholders by leveraging the Intelligence Cycle, resolving intelligence-related inquiries, and delivering training as needed.

Responsibilities

Participate in any and potentially all roles of the security systems development life cycle.

Roles may vary by project and assignment.

This may include, but not limited to:


* Responsible for analyzing and assessing system-specific vulnerabilities within AutoZone's IT infrastructure, including network systems, applications, and identity platforms, with a focus on configurations unique to the organization.


* Leverages the Intelligence Cycle to identify, evaluate, and communicate cyber threats and risks to AutoZone's data, systems, and processes, recommending appropriate mitigation strategies to counter specific threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).


* Apply generative AI tooling to automate intelligence workflows, enhance threat detection capabilities, and streamline reporting and analysis processes.


* Collaborate with technical teams to maintain a deep understanding of the IT environment, ensuring threat assessments are contextually accurate and operationally relevant.


* Provides mentorship and guidance to junior analysts, sharing threat intelligence methodologies, technical insights, and best practices to strengthen team capabilities.


* Maintains accurate planning, documentation, and time tracking for intelligence, procedures, projects, and initiatives.

Qualifications



* Typically, eight to fifteen years' intelligence / security and / or cyber risk management experience in a mid- to large-enterprise environment


* Advanced written and oral communication skills


* Advanced task estimation, planning and execution skills


* Advanced problem solving, domain technical and analytical skills
Knowledge of more than one of the following functional areas; Threat Intelligence / SOC / Incident Response should be one of the functional areas:
Intelligence, to include an understanding of how to leverage all phases of the intelligence cycle in real-world scenarios, especially cyber related scenarios.
SOC / Incident Response, e.g.

formal incident response experience in a large, enterprise environment, threat hunting, forensics, etc.
Infrastructure and Network security, e.g.

experience with Palo Alto firewalls, experience with Web gateway proxies, Active Directory security controls, etc.
Application Security, e.g.

understanding of application...