Associate Cybersecurity Ops Center Analyst

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The Associate Cybersecurity Operations Center Analyst is responsible for detecting, assessing and responding to cyber security events and incidents across the Duke Energy environment. The Analyst will work closely with peers, other internal/external teams and management in a 24x7 Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) environment. The Analyst also is responsible for following processes and procedures as defined by Cybersecurity leadership and the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)

Responsibilities

• Conduct network, endpoint, cloud network, and log analysis by utilizing various consoles on a regular basis to analyze and triage cybersecurity events (e.g., SIEM, IPS, firewall, etc.) and perform continuous hunt across the environment. Reconstruct cyber events, assess cyber threat and scope of impact, identify and track any internal lateral or external movement, and develop response solutions. Research and track new exploits and cyber threats, particularly as it relates to the cloud environment and containers.

• Interact with security community, and government agencies to obtain technical cyber threat intelligence. Track cyber threat actors/campaigns based off technical analysis and open source/third party intelligence.

• Research and track new exploits and cyber threats.

• Assists with containment of threats and remediation of environment during or after an incident

• Conduct cursory and/or in-depth analysis (i.e. packet captures, endpoint behaviors, etc.), or collaborate with peers when appropriate for hand-offs/escalations.

• Conduct analysis of malicious code and weaponized documents through behavioral analysis or reverse engineering.

• Request and track mitigations to address cyber threats and lead other incident response coordination and remediation activities. Communicate and report on key intelligence, analysis and response activities, relevant metrics, and KPIs.

• Enhance and tune detections and alerts and other cyber event correlation rules to reduce false positives. Provide creative and innovative solutions to automate and enhance processes and capabilities

• Provide 24x7 operational support for escalations on a rotating shift basis

Basic/Required Qualifications

• Associates degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, MIS or other related degree

• In lieu of required education, High School/GED and minimum 2 years relevant work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in Cybersecurity, preferably with SIEM technology, event logging and detection mechanisms. Knowledge of foundational computer elements from the operating system, memory and BIOS to TCP/IP, routing and network topology.

• 2 years experience in a security operations center and/or system administration role

• Motivated self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create complex technical reports on analytic findings and provide briefings to various levels of staff / management.

• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills

• Knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).

• Team player, works well with others

• Direct background or exposure to cyber security operations

• Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).

• Windows and UNIX/Linux command line scripting experience and programming experience.

• Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of network threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).

• Familiarity or experience with the Cyber Kill Chain methodology & MITRE's ATT&CK Framework

• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).

• Innovative - ability to recognize and seek improvement and efficiency opportunities

• Demonstrated commitment to training, self-study and maintaining proficiency in the technical cyber security domain.

Working Conditions

• Virtual - Work will be performed from a remote location after the onboarding period. However, virtual employees should live within a reasonable commute to a Duke Energy facility.

Travel Requirements

Posting Expiration Date

All job postings expire at 12:01 AM on the posting expiration date.