Analyst, Security Operations

General Summary

The Security Operations Analyst bring knowledge of security event detection and diagnosis and will work with the Security Operation Center and Application and System Administrators and Developers to monitor, detect, triage, and mitigate security events. The Analyst will be responsible for working with the SOC and senior team members to tune the Security Event and Incident Management system and will assist the security team to ensure that company’s security program is successful.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Monitor security systems and analyze and report on active and observed security events
• Monitor security infrastructure and tools to insure reliability and integrity of the company’s networks, systems, and applications
• Investigate Endpoint security alerts / events and providing mitigation when negative impact of mitigation is limited individuals or non-critical applications and networks
• Work with SOC and Sr. team members to tune Security Event and Incident Management system
• Act as a member of the Incident Response Team, who may be called upon in the investigation of serious cyber security violations that potentially impact the integrity of the infrastructure
• Review and assess published vendor security and patch notifications, and make recommendations on upgrades, mitigation or compensating controls, where necessary
• Review of security groups, permissions and membership to ensure consistency with job duties, and reporting any findings that are out of policy
• Assist in internal security assessments, make recommendations for containment and remediation of findings, and following up to ensure the implementation of corrective actions
• Review 3rd party security practices to ensure compliance with company standards and security of any company / customer records
• Read, investigate and respond to employee/end-user reported security concerns
• Follows company security response playbook and provides feedback to and augment of the playbook
• Participate in security awareness and training programs for employees to promote a culture of security within the organization.
• Conduct continuous monitoring of emerging threats and vulnerabilities, staying up-to-date with the latest cybersecurity trends and threat intelligence sources.
• Support the evaluation and deployment of new security technologies and tools to improve the security posture of the company.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance
• Works on regularly scheduled days as well as unscheduled days and/or beyond regular work hours due to customer or operational demands, as needed.
• Adheres to all Company standard procedures, policies and safety practices in the course of performing work activities.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline or equivalent work experience.
• At least two (2) years of work experience working in Security Operations center
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to interpret large amounts of data
• Strong understanding of security technologies and applications
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and communicate with all levels of IT, business, vendors, and customers
• Knowledge of IT concepts, strategies and methodologies

• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Software (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Excellent strategic thinking and planning skills to provide authoritative advice and recommendations to support a best-in-class compliance and risk program
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to establish trust and credibility to build supportive relationships
• Proven ability to identify and solve problems independently

Working Conditions

• Employee remains in the sitting position for prolonged hours. Employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Employee will regularly be required to work in tight spaces, under desks, in closets, equipment racks, overhead cable management, ceilings and under raised floors
• Working conditions may include being in an open (shared) cubicle/workspace area

Disclaimer

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive statement of every duty and responsibility which will ever be required of an employee in this position, however, the employee will be held responsible for all duties assigned.

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