Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Role: Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Location: Sacramento, CA (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Responsibilities:

• Threat Detection and Response: Monitor and analyze security events on SIEM/EDR/DLP platforms to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Incident Investigation: Conduct in-depth investigations of security incidents and provide detailed analysis and providing RCA as well.
• Escalation Handling and Team Management: Should be able to manage the L1 resources and handle the escalations made.
• Security Log Analysis: Analyze security log data from various security devices to identify trends and anomalies and escalate them appropriately and drive them to closure.
• Vulnerability Management: Perform threat and vulnerability assessments via alerts, EASM tools to escalate and provide recommendations for mitigation.
• Security Advisory: Should be well cyber aware about security advisory services, newsletters, bulletins and should provide value adds, guidance on best practices.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other IT and security teams to enhance the organizations security posture.
• Driving Attitude: Should be able to drive the Incident investigations and bridge calls.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed records of security incidents and actions taken. Proper governance and tracking via doer checker and due diligence processes.
• Desirable Tool Stack:
• SIEM: Splunk,
• EDR: Crowdstrike, Defender, Sentinel One
• DLP: Force point, Symantec, Proof point
• UEBA: Anomalies and Pattern based alert/incident handling

Desirable Certifications:

• Comptia Security Plus, CEH, AZ-500, CISSP, CISM.

Education

• UG: BCA in Any Specialization, B. Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization
• PG: MCA in Any Specialization