What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Security Analyst (US Citizen) - Melbourne, FL position at Altimeter Solutions?
We've determined which skillsets are most beneficial for this role. These skills are listed first below as the Must Haves and Nice to Haves our hiring team highly prefers. Below that you'll find the standard job description for this opportunity.
Must Haves :
BS / BA (or equivalent) degree in IT Security or related field, and a minimum of 2 years related experience or 2 years post-Secondary / Associates Degree and a minimum of 4 years related experience, and including :
Minimum of (1) years' experience in the Information Security field.
Minimum of (1) years' experience in the network engineering fields (Firewalls, Routers, Switches, VPN).
Understanding of various Operating Systems (e.g Windows, Linux, etc.)
Understanding of system logs and be familiar with log analysis
Understanding of predominant cyber-attack vectors (Buffer Overflow, Phishing, etc.)
Must be able to work in a fast-paced ever-changing environment.
Must have strong written and oral communication skills, be self-motivated and a self-starter, maintain a curiosity and desire to learn, and be able to work well in a team environment.
BS / BA (or equivalent) degree in IT Security or related field, and a minimum of 2 years related experience or 2 years post-Secondary / Associates Degree and a minimum of 4 years related experience
Nice to Haves :
Information Security Operations Center analyst experience
Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation
Understanding of vulnerability mitigation
Knowledge of SIEM functions threat hunting, correlation of events, dashboard creation, metrics development, and creating alerts based on threat intelligence and other Indictors of Compromise (IOC)s
Strong written and oral communication skills, be self-motivated and a self-starter, maintain a curiosity and desire to learn, and be able to work well in a team environment
Ability to prioritize vulnerability mitigation efforts based on risk assessments
CompTIA Security Certification or equivalent certification preferred
Job Description :
Seeking talented Information Technology (IT) Security professional to join the Security Operations Team as a Security Analyst. This is an operations center staff position that supports the Enterprise Security Operations Center (SOC). This position is ONSITE in Melbourne, FL. Applicants must be willing to work rotating shift periods that include evening and weekend rotations. Specific duties and responsibilities include :
Responsible for Tier 1 security configuration hardening, incident detection / investigation and reporting to management and customer security contacts
Monitor security events to identify anomalies for possible incidents within the network
Manages Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure and applications, including workflow management, threat hunting assignments, threat intelligence ingests, rule / alert creation and operational maintenance
Use developed skills, tools, and external resources to validate security-related events to determine validity, exposure or false positive conditions
Ability to retrieve, correlate and analyze event history, configuration files and system logs to assess presence of anomalous events
Produce time-critical, technical reports to management outlining incident and potential mitigation
Communicate with SOC and Network Operations Center (NOC) staff about potential incidents, indicators and / or warnings
Troubleshoot and effect restoration of service-impacting issues affecting customer VPN performance
Handle trouble calls from customers and internal network users
Apply baseline security configurations to network equipment to harden or update to meet approved requirement baselines.
Ability to provide on-call support on a rotational basis as needed on weeknights and weekends.
Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment to maintain availability and resiliency of network security services to customers.
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