For decades, Altera has been at the forefront of programmable logic innovation. Our technologies empower customers worldwide to build industry-defining solutions, and we are committed to becoming the #1 FPGA company globally. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Infrastructure Security to lead Alteraās infrastructure security engineering, platform hardening, identity and access security, vulnerability management, and infrastructure-focused detection and response functions. We are seeking a Senior Security Analyst ā Infrastructure Security to strengthen Alteraās infrastructure protection capabilities across datacenters, cloud environments, identity systems, and key enterprise platforms. In this handsāon technical role, you will support platform hardening, identity and access security, vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response for infrastructure-focused threats.
Alteraās IT Security organization is responsible for:
Incident response and digital forensics.
Threat hunting and event analysis.
Security policy, standards, and governance.
Risk assessments and advisory.
Security architecture and engineering support.
Threat detection, monitoring, and forensic capabilities.
Security awareness and education.
Endpoint, infrastructure, and cloud security.
As a Senior Security Analyst, you will work closely with teams across these functions to secure and protect Alteraās infrastructure.
ā¢ Implement and maintain, secure configurations and hardening practices for Windows, Linux, virtualization, identity, and cloud environments.
ā¢ Perform infrastructure security reviews for servers, cloud deployments, and datacenter technologies.
ā¢ Assist with evaluating and deploying tools such as EDR, vulnerability scanners, cloud security agents, and logging integrations.
ā¢ Collaborate with IT Operations, Cloud, Network, and Platform Engineering to embed security into system build processes.
ā¢ Conduct investigations involving system compromise, identity misuse, privilege escalation, malware, and data exfiltration.
ā¢ Analyze infrastructure logs, cloud logs, identity telemetry, EDR alerts, and SIEM events.
ā¢ Develop detection logic and tune alerting to reduce false positives.
ā¢ Participate in incident response, contributing analysis, containment, forensics, and remediation support.
ā¢ Document incident findings and recommendations.
ā¢ Perform vulnerability assessments across servers, cloud workloads, and enterprise platforms.
ā¢ Analyze remediation requirements and track closure with system owners.
ā¢ Support risk assessments for new systems, cloud services, and infrastructure changes.
ā¢ Validate controls against NIST CSF, NIST 800ā53, and ISO 27001. Knowledge of CMMC is a plus.
ā¢ Contribute to infrastructure security policies, baselines, and secure configuration standards.
ā¢ Provide security requirements and best practices to engineering and operations teams.
ā¢ Assist with evidence collection for audits and compliance efforts.
ā¢ Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, Risk, IT Ops, Cloud, DevOps, and Engineering teams.
ā¢ Communicate findings and risk recommendations to technical and nonātechnical stakeholders.
ā¢ Prepare documentation, operational reports, and risk summaries.
ā¢ 4ā7+ years in information security or infrastructure engineering.
ā¢ Strong experience with infrastructure security concepts: Windows/Linux hardening, AD/Entra ID, virtualization, Azure/AWS, vulnerability management, EDR, SIEM.
ā¢ Solid understanding of system internals, network protocols, authentication, and common attack techniques.
ā¢ Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, KQL) is a plus.
ā¢ Demonstrate ownership and accountability for infrastructure security tasks.
ā¢ Drive improvements in detection, hardening, and operational processes.
ā¢ Mentor junior analysts and share knowledge.
ā¢ Contribute to a culture of technical excellence and securityāfirst thinking.
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