Senior 2 Attack Surface Analyst (hybrid - Seattle)

Nordstrom Nordstrom · Retail · Seattle, WA

This role focuses on reducing Nordstrom's attack surface by identifying, assessing, and managing risks. It involves collaborating with cybersecurity and technology teams, automating processes, and ensuring secure-by-design principles. The role requires deep knowledge of security frameworks, cloud security, and scripting for automation, with a focus on compliance and risk mitigation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the growth of the attack surface management program, develop and implement solutions to improve visibility into exposures, and contribute to the design and implementation of net-new capabilities.
  2. Continuously drive improvements in attack surface management processes, methodologies, and security toolsets to enhance operational effectiveness, automating where possible.
  3. Maintain Cybersecurity Standards, Attack Surface Management standard operating procedures, and runbooks.
  4. Collaborate with AppSec, DevOps, and cloud platform teams to secure deployments and integrate security best practices into the design of software and related systems, ensuring a secure-by-design approach.
  5. Maintain a map of Nordstrom’s attack surface through collaboration with network and offensive security teams, conducting regular assessments and reconnaissance activities, and leveraging dark web monitoring resources.

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years in security operations, vulnerability management, or offensive security domains, including experience in a senior or lead capacity.
  • Deep knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework, threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and common attack vectors.
  • Experience implementing cloud security controls in a multi-cloud environment.
  • Proficiency in enterprise information technology (IT) architecture principles and practices.
  • Knowledge of offensive security methodologies and ethical hacking principles and practices.
  • Deep understanding of system landscape and data flow within the domain and across adjacent domains.
  • Expertise in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for process automation.
  • Advanced knowledge of networking, system administration, cloud services, asset management, and cybersecurity principles.
  • Deep understanding of the processes and controls needed to satisfy relevant regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI) for vulnerability and attack surface management.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Nice to have

  • Experience developing attack surface management capabilities and coaching more junior analysts.
  • Expertise across cybersecurity domains including vulnerability management, cloud security, attack surface management, network security, and cyber hygiene.
  • Demonstrated thought leadership on the application of emerging AI technologies within cybersecurity domains.
  • Advanced certifications (e.g., OSCE, GREM, CISSP).

What the JD emphasized

  • Deep understanding of the processes and controls needed to satisfy relevant regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI) for vulnerability and attack surface management.