Job Description

Job Type: Contract

Contract length: 06 Months

Job Description:

• The IT Security Threat Analyst independently develops, maintains, and implements comprehensive information security monitoring programs including defining security policies, processes and standards for large and complex environments.
• Perform comprehensive threat analysis and recommends appropriate course of action, mitigation, and remediation.
• Provide consultative guidance on the development of information security strategies and programs through demonstrated expertise and knowledge of industry trends and changes with respect to advanced and sophisticated cyberattacks and threats.
• Lead efforts, oversee work results, provide formal training and serve as a technical resource for Information Security team members.
• They are the single point of contact and coordination for third-party incident response teams and law enforcement agencies if the environment is breached.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing comprehensive threat analysis and recommends appropriate course of action in response to security events and trends
• Design, monitor, and build alerting capabilities for our systems and tools.
• Correlates and analyzes threat data from various sources
• Independently conducts industry research and technical evaluation of all-sources and vendor supplied intelligence–with specific emphasis on network operations and advanced and sophisticated cyber tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Subject matter expert in the detection and identification of cyberattack signatures, tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with advanced threats
• Leading assessments and development of cyber threat profiles of current events based on collection, research, and analysis of open-source information
• Leading root cause analysis of any monitoring alerts and threats identified by third-party vendor, or internal systems and workforce.
• Leading the design, configuration, documentation, and implementation of security monitoring architecture.
• Creating and leading initiatives to improve security monitoring operations center processes.
• Proactively identifies company-wide program opportunities and works to implement solutions.

Required Experience

• 6+ years’ experience in IT Security or combination of IT related fields
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• CISSP – Cert Information Systems Security Prof ( or attainable with 6 months of employment) or CEH, CISM, CRISC, etc.
• Hands on experience with security architecture, security infrastructure including security firewalls, data loss prevention, encryption, and end point protection appliances tools, and controls with specific demonstrated experience in proactive detection of advanced cyberattacks and./or threats
• Proven success in information threat analysis and detection concepts and principles and impact
• Experience working and managing vendor performance and service level agreements
• Demonstrated success in regularly communicating highly complex technical information clearly and articulately for all levels and audiences.
• Strong customer focus with ability to manage customer expectations and experience and build long-term relationships.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing IT Security landscape and quickly identify new trends and industry changes
• High critical thinking skills required to evaluate complex, multi-sourced security intelligence information, analyze, and confirm root cause, an independently identify mitigation alternatives and solutions that safeguard our technical environment.

Preferred Experience/ Qualifications:

• Experience performing SIEM rule development
• Strong math and/or statistical analysis experience
• Strong knowledge of network communications
• Demonstrated success in detailed documentation

General Physical Demands

• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects
• Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

How to Apply

Job Types: Temporary.

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