Information Security Analyst

About A Place For Mom

We're the leading online platform connecting families searching for senior care with a team of experienced local advisors providing insight-driven, personalized solutions. As the nation's most trusted senior advisory service, we are a mission-based organization that enables caregivers to make the best senior living decisions for their loved ones. With hundreds of senior living experts nationwide, A Place for Mom helps hundreds of thousands of families each year simplify the process of finding the right senior care solution across home care, independent living, memory care, assisted living, and more.  Our services are offered at no cost to families as we're paid by the 14K+ communities and 3K+ providers in our network.

Recently awarded one of the 2022 Best Places to work in NY and Best HR teams by Comparably, the leading workplace culture and brand reputation platform,  A Place for Mom is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Employees who thrive at A Place for Mom live our values every day:

• Focus on Excellence
• Act with Integrity & Assume Positive Intent
• Drive Outcomes Every Day with Passion and A Sense of Mission
• Make the Lives of our Families and Customers Better, Easier and More Successful
• Realize the Full Potential in Each Team Member.  Work as a Single Supportive Team

COMPANY LEADER

Larry Kutscher - Chief Executive Officer

Larry Kutscher is Chief Executive Officer of A Place for Mom. Larry is a veteran CEO with over 30 years of experience leading digital, technology and service businesses through significant periods of growth and value creation. Prior to this role, he served as Chief Executive Officer of TravelClick, where he drove the company's overall strategic vision and helped increased the company's value from approximately $300 million to more than $1.5 billion over eight years.

The position:

Are you data-driven and have a passion for Information Security? Do you love data analysis and making large amounts of information understandable and actionable for others? Would you like to join a team of talented security and technology professionals who are focused on building a robust and secure infrastructure? If so, join our team to develop these skills and build your career!

A Place for Mom has security monitoring and vulnerability management systems that generate important data which needs to be reviewed and processed. We are seeking an Information Security Analyst to own the output of these and other systems and who will interpret that data to help us achieve our goal of zero security incidents. One of your objectives will be to work with others to ensure that  any critical vulnerability you find is remediated within one day.

Who you are:

You are an experienced and results-oriented Information Security Analyst who can work cross-functionally to develop and implement security improvements and safeguards which will protect A Place for Mom's assets, employees, and customers.

What you will do:

• Incorporate A Place for Mom Values into each customer and co-worker interaction.
• Perform configuration, network, and application technical vulnerability assessments, identify vulnerabilities, validate their relevance, and work with teams to remediate them.
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to alerts from automated logging and monitoring tools, including Sophos Central and Alert Logic, AWS Security Hub, AWS Systems Manager, and Cisco Duo Security .
• Respond to security related requests, events, and incidents; perform triaging and investigation as needed; and provide guidance or remediation.
• Analyze security threats, vulnerability assessments, and audit results to identify the root cause and recommend or implement security solutions that enable business objectives.
• Collaborate with other teams to support response efforts to security-related findings or concerns and drive to resolution.
• Analyze mean time to remediation, incident response times, and other security metrics and provide assessment reports.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the IT security industry including awareness of new or revised security solutions and improved security processes.
• Evangelize a culture of security to the rest of the company through education, support, and empathy.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned.

  Strong knowledge and 2+ years' experience in:

• TCP/IP and other network protocols
• Computer systems and their security functions including authentication, access control, and auditing
• Securing Windows and Unix-based environments
• Anti-virus software, intrusion detection, firewalls, and content filtering
• AWS and Azure environments and their security
• Scripting with Powershell, Bash, AWS CLI, some Cloudformation and Terraform
• Hands-on experience with security systems like firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, Vulnerability Management Systems, Risk Registries and other solutions.
• Dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in dynamic environments.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills and ability to find creative solutions with a focus on delivering results.
• Work Directly with the Security Engineer, in open discussion to help resolve security risks, or new system enablements
• Organized and strong attention to detail.
• Solid Excel skills including pivot tables.
• Effective communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
• CISSP/CISA/Security+/Network +/CWAPT/OSCP/CEH or other security certification is a plus.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or 2-4 years of relevant or equivalent experience in Information Security, computer science, systems engineering, or information technology.

Compensation

• Base Salary: $65,000 to $75,000 + 10% Bonus
• Benefits:
  • 401(k) plus match
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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