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Who We Are

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, brand management and consumer product licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, form a brand marketing services division, and launch a family office advisory practice, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for nine consecutive years, CAA represents more than 3,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of property sales and sponsorships, media advisory, brand consulting, venue development and strategic advisory, and executive search. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, London, Nashville, Shanghai, Beijing, Chicago, Washington D.C., Singapore, Toronto, Denver, Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Atlanta, among other locations globally.

Summary

This is a hands-on security position working within the Information Security group and with the internal IT department at large. This position’s core focus is to ensure consistent, measurable end to end triage and closure of security related events. The successful candidate will work to assess, develop, and deploy detection capabilities ensuring enterprise systems and data are protected.

The Role

We are looking for candidates who have a passion for Cyber Security, Threat Detection, Threat Hunting, and Incident Response. You will be a key part of our efforts to build and support a defensible environment where we are able to detect, contain and respond quickly to threats and compromise in ways that serve to enable the business needs a highly collaborative organization. The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practice.

Responsibilities

Conduct day-to-day Incident Response activities as well as additional SOC related detection and response activities as required for a global environment

Design, engineer, and implement runbooks and playbooks for Incident Response

Coordinate with both technical and business stakeholders during the incident response process.

Perform host based, cloud based, network based, memory, or log analysis and/or forensics in support of Incident Response investigations.

Play an active role in CAA’s Security Incident Response efforts, working to identify and mitigate information security threats

Review security information, event logs, and reports, provide findings and recommendations

Use input from IRM leadership and key security metrics to ensure technical security controls are meeting desired objectives; implement a process of continual review and improvement to ensure the measurable effectiveness of CAA’s technical controls

Other projects or duties as assigned, including periodic on-call

Required Capabilities

A minimum of 3 years in Information Technology, ideally with 2 years’ experience in a hands-on Incident Response, Threat Hunting, or forensics role

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field of work

Strong technical background with experience in at least two of the following

Windows disk and memory forensics

Network traffic analysis (netflow,pcap)

Log Analysis

Unix or Linux disk and memory forensics

Malware analysis – both static and dynamic

A strong understanding of the fundamental operations of servers, operating systems, networks, firewalls, cloud applications, and infrastructure

Expertise building workflows and playbooks to facilitate the Incident Response process

an understanding of the NIST framework and using a continuous improvement loop

has built and managed frameworks to test and validate the effective operation of security controls; measuring the ability to respond to threats and attacks at the earliest point in the kill chain.

Location
This position will be based in our LA office.

Compensation

The annual base salary for this position is in the range of $102,000 - $123,000 in Los Angeles. This position is also eligible for benefits and a discretionary bonus. Ultimately, the salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.

Creative Artists Agency, LLC (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate on the basis of race (inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, gender or sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, family and medical care leave status, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, an employee’s or their dependent’s reproductive health decision making (e.g., the decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The absence of a permanent address is not a bar to employment. The Company does not discriminate against individuals based on housing status, including the absence of a fixed address.The Company also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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Cybersecurity Incident Response Analyst

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