Staff Content Security Engineer

The Content Security Staff Engineer reports into the Sr Manager of the Content Site Security program at The Walt Disney Studios based in Glendale, CA. The modern filmmaking process is highly complex with dependencies on an entire eco-system of 3rd party strategic partners, suppliers and vendors. This program provides assessment, consulting and advisory services to ensure the entire supply chain remains robust and resilient and allows The Walt Disney Studios' to securely create films, features and series seen across the world.

Responsibilities:

• Run end-to-end Site Security assessments, specifically:
  • Contacting vendors to schedule and scope assessments
  • Understand the filmmaking process and various vendor workflows
  • Executing the assessment
  • Assess vendor against a set of over 300+ security controls
  • Identify intentional or unintentional misrepresentation of security compliance
  • Perform detailed inspection and analytics on various IT infrastructure configuration ranging from network, storage, endpoint devices, and cloud-based assets
  • Perform real-time validation against attestation and documentation provided by the vendor
  • Identifying risk areas and corresponding test procedure associated with each service type, content workflow, and underlying infrastructure
  • Analyze assessment findings and document risks accordingly
  • Documenting assessment result, accurately and precisely communicating requirements, and publishing the completed report
  • Reviewing and negotiating vendor proposed mitigation plans and timelines
  • Validating remediation implementation to ensure identified risks have been adequately addressed
• Contribute to Content Security’s control framework which includes:
  • Writing controls that secure both physical and digital assets.
  • Drafting questions for Content Security’s questionnaire that help evaluate a vendor’s compliance to each control.
  • Creating applicability matrix for each new control.
  • Writing test guidance to effectively identify non-compliant implementations.

• Contribute to secure configuration guides used to assess and lockdown a variety of technologies used by vendors including virtual sets and virtual headsets
• Run proof-of-concepts to help optimize the assessment workflow, this includes testing new processes and tools designed to drive efficiency with our assessment methodology  

• Travel to offsite locations to address content security matters 
• Follow the progress of productions and deal with last minute requests such as the assessment of ADR locations used for last minute production needs

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience
• 7 years of experience in information security and/or the following areas: security architecture, security engineering, production or network storage engineering, mobile device remote deployment and management, cybersecurity incident investigations, experience with cloud technologies
• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and/or internationally, as needed
• Advanced knowledge of cloud security and infrastructure environments for popular cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Prior experience in an architecture, development, engineering, or senior technical role
• Experience providing product ownership for solutions supporting the Media & Entertainment industry
• Ability to work in a highly distributed matrixed environment
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and trends
• Strong communication (written and verbal, including presentation) and listening skills
• Strong documentation skills
• Experience in technical project management/leading large scale technology initiatives
• Strong analytical, organizational and decision-making skills
• Strong negotiation skills

• Broad technology expertise with application, system integration, data, and/or infrastructure knowledge
  • Storage solutions (e.g., SAN, NAS, encrypted storage devices, cloud cache and storage buckets)
  • Digital file transfer tools (e.g., Aspera, Signiant)
  • Centralized secure configuration of Linux, Windows, and Mac based servers and endpoints
  • Directory Services (e.g., Active Directory, Open Directory, LDAP)
  • Device management (e.g., Microsoft InTune, Jamf, Puppet, Ansible)
  • Change and patch management solutions (e.g., SCCM, Munki, PDQ Deploy)
  • OS hardening best practices for both servers and workstations
  • Endpoint protection and Data Loss Prevention solutions
• Strong understanding of secure network principles of perimeter devices, servers, and workstations
  • Working knowledge of configuring and maintaining firewalls and network switching / routing devices (e.g., Palo Alto, Sonicwall, Fortinet, Brocade, Cisco, HP)
  • LAN, WAN, TCP/IP connectivity and security protocols (Point-to-Point, MPLS, VPN)
  • Network architecture and layer 2 and Layer 3 routing principles
  • Network authentication standards 
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Expert knowledge in cloud security auditing tools
• Working knowledge of configuring and maintaining cloud compute and storage nodes
• Provisioning and deprovisioning cloud tenants
• Working knowledge of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network access control lists
• Working knowledge of Web Application Firewalls (WAFs)
• Vulnerability scanning, SIEM and common methods of exploiting vulnerabilities
• Computer investigation processes and techniques

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in the following fields:  Computer Science, Information Systems, IT Engineering, or a related field.
• CISSP, CISA/CISM, or CEH designations
• Knowledge of studio IT systems, including production and post-productions environments
• Knowledge of feature film production and post-production industries, services, and workflows (e.g., DI, editing, visual/audio effects, encoding, on-set support)
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

 

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $138,900 to $186,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.