IT Security Analyst

DESCRIPTION

The primary duties of the IT Security Analyst include evaluating and improving endpoint security measures, automating related processes, and providing comprehensive support to the Information Security, IT, and cross-functional teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES


* Maintain endpoint compliance with the CMMC in this frameworks.


* Configuring and maintaining secure baselines across endpoints according to defiant benchmarks and best business practices.


* Regularly assess endpoint security baselines to identify incorrect deviations from the defined baseline configurations.


* Maintain and improve the vulnerability management program for company endpoints


* Identifying, correcting, remediating, and hardening vulnerable endpoints


* Implement and troubleshoot various security tools and agents on endpoints


* Directly engage with peer technical teams and senior leadership to increase the companies overall security, situational awareness, and interdict attacks before sensitive data is placed at risk


* Monitor operate and investigate potential security incidents using a SIEM


* Implement security detection use cases in tune SIEM signatures to identify malicious activity


* Configure, install, operate, monitoring, and maintain a wide variety of security systems used to prevent for preventing, detecting, and responding to cyber security incidents such as AV, EDR, SCCM, VPN, etc.


* Enable security automation using scripting technologies (Powershell, Python, etc.)


* Identify and document security weaknesses discovered throughout the company


* Recommend solutions and best practices for remediation of identified weaknesses


* Evaluate new technologies to better accomplish security tasks


* Keep up to date on current information security events


* Responding to and gathering evidence during cyber security incidents and recommend recovery, remediation, and prevention measures to deter future attacks

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS


* Bachelor's degree in IT or Cybersecurity


* More than three years of relevant professional experience


* Knowledgeable in a variety of cyber security disciplines in areas


* Self starter who possesses the ability to work independently and is part of a team


* Innovative and creative attitude


* Excellent communication skills and a commitment to providing the highest quality customer service


* Scripting program experience with Powershell Python and Oregon other languages


* Technical knowledge and experience related to networking and host operating systems


* Experience with various cyber security monitoring and vulnerability management platforms


* Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Azure and AWS

COMPENSATION

The approximate compensation range for this position is $75,000 - 100,000.

This compensation range is a good-faith estimate for the position at the time of posting.

Actual compensation is dependent upo...