Cyber Security Threat Analyst/ Specialist - Senior

Qualifications

High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma.

Desired :

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience.
• IT-Information Technology Security certification.

Responsible for the delivery of information security services including intelligence research, threat assessment, security event monitoring / analysis, vulnerability management and security tool administration in support of client’s enterprise security goals and objectives.

The Monitoring & Response Team is the 24x7 security operations team that is essentially client’s first line of defense that is continuously preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events to improve the organization’s security posture.

The Monitoring & Response Team is built with the foundation of a standard SOC but operates differently by utilizing Threat Intelligence in our daily investigations of security events.

The Monitoring & Response Team also operates in a proactive / reactive manner to maintain the highest level of efficacy in their tasks.

Job Responsibilities

• Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required.
• Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams.
• Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources.
• Provides hunting / analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise / breach.
• Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to discover the source of anomalous security events.
• Assists in performing basic research internally and externally.
• Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools.
• Develops a strategy to implement work in department.
• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.
2 days ago