Walgreens
Senior Cyber Security Specialist II
DEERFIELD, IL
Mar 19, 2025
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Job Summary
A seasoned professional that can lead security/cyber security projects. This roles uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
Job Responsibilities
  • Leads threat detection by identifying threats at the first phase of an attack or compromise. Detects threat actor activity including exploitation and risk to critical systems.
  • Monitors specific cyber threat actors to understand their tactics and techniques.
  • Utilizes data analysis, threat intelligence and cutting-edge security technologies to find unusual behavior and malicious activity.
  • Leads the hunt for hidden and unidentified threats to the organization’s cyber environment.
  • Tracks down the malicious agents who are already in a network and removes them from the environment once discovered.
  • Works with security monitoring tools such as firewalls, data loss prevention, network intrusion detection and antivirus software.
  • Uses a hypothesis-driven approach and behavioral analysis to uncover connections and correlations between potential cyber threats.
  • Reviews audit logs to identify unusual behavior in the network and endpoint devices. Documents findings and incident investigations. Provides feedback and training to improve security controls.
  • Leads in assessing network vulnerabilities and identifying critical security flaws by testing and validating the security of the network and/or testing the network to understand where vulnerabilities exist and where corrections are needed
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
 
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
 
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com


 

External Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of Information/Cyber Security experience OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of Information/Cyber Security experience
  • Experience presenting to and interacting with the Executive level.
  • At least 4 years of Cyber Security experience in at least three of the following: Active threat hunting (open source or commercial tooling), Intrusion analysis, Managed or enterprise information security services, Incident response, Endpoint forensics (Windows, MAC, or Linux), Malware analysis, Penetration testing, Network defense, Threat hunting, Information security consulting
  • Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
  • Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
  • At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
  • At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
  • Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).   

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of Information/Cyber Security experience OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of Information/Cyber Security experience
  • Experience presenting to and interacting with the Executive level.
  • At least 4 years of Cyber Security experience in at least three of the following: Active threat hunting (open source or commercial tooling), Intrusion analysis, Managed or enterprise information security services, Incident response, Endpoint forensics (Windows, MAC, or Linux), Malware analysis, Penetration testing, Network defense, Threat hunting, Information security consulting
  • Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
  • Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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