Red Hat's Information Technology division is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join us in Brno, Czech Republic. In this role, you will join the smart, skilled, and dedicated people that make up Red Hat's Global Information Risk and Security team. This role provides a unique opportunity for you to draw on and develop your corporate information security and operations knowledge to meet the challenges of securing Red Hat, the open source way. You'll maintain a current knowledge of the information security industry to help you evaluate, recommend, and implement security controls to prevent and detect information security incidents. Excellent communication skills are a must, as you consult with a wide range of customers and stakeholders. You will research and respond to potential information security incidents, advise other Red Hatters on the security aspects of projects, and collaborate to deliver corporate information security enhancements, thereby contributing to Red Hat's overall success. Special skills you can bring in the areas of systems administration, networking, log analysis, cloud technologies, and data forensics are a plus, as you help keep all of Red Hat's information systems safe: from endpoints, to the data center, to the cloud.

What you will do

• Work to understand and improve Red Hat's information security posture
• Contribute to the success of information security initiatives from creation to delivery, through individual and team projects
• Implement automated detection and alerting for potential security incidents - Perform information security incident handling and respond to customer inquiries
• Provide security consulting, awareness and outreach to all areas of the business
• Stay current with information security developments (such as vulnerabilities, threat activity, attacker techniques and countermeasures) and apply these in an enterprise context

What you will bring

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, a passion for information security, and enthusiasm for working with open source technologies
• 2+ years experience in a technical or operational role, with exposure to information security topics
• Proven history of working in a position of trust
• Ability to work effectively and collaborate within a global, diverse, multicultural team
• Excellent customer service and communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey information effectively and professionally to a wide variety of audiences
• A methodical, data-driven approach to security analysis and the ability to think laterally and creatively in order to detect and respond to incidents, as well as implement pragmatic security improvements
• Solid experience with some of the major operating systems and a familiarity with their security features, maintenance and hardening
• Familiarity with large-scale log analysis platforms (such as Splunk) and an understanding of statistical methods would be an advantage
• Experience using a scripting language (such as Python, Perl or Shell) to automate solutions
• Information security tertiary education or industry certifications (such as RHCE, CISSP, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, OSCP, CCNA etc.) would be highly regarded.