Senior Information Security Operations Center Analyst

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and implementing security measures to protect computer systems, networks, and data.
• Handle higher level security investigations and incidents.
• Monitor network traffic for security events and perform triage analysis to identify security incidents.
• Receive incidents and perform deep analysis; correlate with threat intelligence to identify the threat actor, nature of the attack and systems or data affected.
• Define and execute on strategy for containment, remediation, and recovery.
• Deliver cyber intelligence services and material to information technology and business leaders.
• Identify new threat tactics, techniques and procedures used by cyber threat actors.
• Publish actionable threat intelligence for business and technology management.
• Participate in threat hunting activities to proactively search for threats in the enterprise environment.
• Create and maintain use cases for recurring investigation/incident triggers in support of the 24/7 Cyber Threat Operations and Cyber Threat Management program.
• Act as coordinator in the event of escalated cyber threats/incidents for Tier 1 analysts.
• Assist in escalated computer security incidents and cyber investigations including computer forensics, network forensics, root cause analysis and malware analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• Three (3) years or more experience in information security administration, offensive tactics, monitoring, and IR.
• Three (3) years or more experience related security systems administration with endpoint, network, application, and host-based security solutions.
• Two (2) years or more Cloud computing (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure) security configuration and management experience preferred.
• Knowledge of the incident handling procedures and intrusion analysis models.
• Foundational knowledge of processes, procedures and methods to research, analyze and disseminate threat intelligence information.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of cyber security operations with a focus area in two or more of the following: Security Operations Center (SOC) operations, Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) use, threats (including Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), insider) vulnerabilities, and exploits; incident response, investigations and remediation.
• Broad knowledge of general IT with a focus area in two or more of the following areas: operating systems, networking, computer programing, web development or database administration.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in planning and implementing security measures, incident response, and threat intelligence analysis. Proficient in managing security systems and conducting investigations to protect computer systems and networks.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Information Security Administration
• Incident Response
• Threat Intelligence Analysis
• Cloud Security Configuration
• Security Operations Center (SOC) Operations

Hard Skills

• Cyber Security Operations
• Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Computer Forensics
• Network Forensics
• Root Cause Analysis
• Malware Analysis
• Endpoint Security Solutions
• Network Security Solutions
• Application Security Solutions

Industry Keywords

• Threat Actor
• Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
• Incident Handling Procedures
• Threat Hunting
• Cyber Threat Operations
• Cyber Threat Management

Tools & Technologies

• Amazon Web Services
• Google Cloud Platform
• Microsoft Azure