Cyber Security analyst

We're seeking for a Senior Cyber Security analyst for our direct client. Please review the below job Description and revert with your interest for the same.

Job details:

Role: Senior Cyber Security analyst

Location: Columbus, OH

Long term contract

As a member of the Security Incident Response team, you will enjoy an exciting and challenging work environment.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Coordinates with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts.
• Determines tactics, techniques and procedures for intrusion sets.
• Provides cybersecurity recommendations to leadership based on significance of threats and vulnerabilities.
• Works with stakeholders to resolve computer security incident and vulnerability compliance.
• Characterizes and analyzes network traffic t identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network.
• Documents and escalates incidents that may cause ongoing or immediate impact to the environment.
• Performs cyber defense trend analysis.
• Performs event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise.
• Provides cybersecurity situational awareness and determines the effectiveness of an observed attack.
• Provides daily summary reports of network events and activities relevant to cyber defense practices.
• Receives and analyzes network alerts from various sources within the enterprise to determine possible causes.
• Uses cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of systems activity to identify malicious activity.
• Analyzes identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on systems and information.
• Identifies and analyzes anomalies in network using metadata
• Conducts research, analysis and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets.
• Monitors external data sources to maintain currency of cyber defense threat condition and determines which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise
• Work with team lead, assist other staff, and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

Knowledge

• Network traffic analysis methods
• Information technology security principles
• Host/network access control mechanisms
• Encryption algorithms
• Cyber threat and vulnerabilities
• Computer networking concepts and protocols
• Network security methodologies
• Cyber security and privacy principles
• Incident response methodologies
• Defense in depth and layered security strategies
• Operating systems
• OSI model and underlying network protocols

Skills

• Using protocol analyzers
• Using incident handling methodologies
• Collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources
• Conducting trend analysis
• Appling cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements

Abilities

• Apply techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions using intrusion detection technologies
• Analyze malware
• Accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence assessment
• Interpret the information collected by network tools
• Apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements

Other Job Requirements

• Contingent upon successfully passing pre-employment drug testing, criminal background check and general reference check.