Senior Threat Analyst

Senior Threat Analyst Brooklyn NY 12+ Months Long Term Contract

Mandatory Skills:
Minimum 8 years of experience in Threat Management/SOC/Incident Response environment.
For a senior position, leadership this includes the ability to lead and mentor junior analysts, coordinate team activities, and manage SOC operations effectively.
Prior experience working in a SOC environment is mandatory. This includes familiarity with SOC operations, procedures, and tools such as SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) systems, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools.

Desirable Skills:
Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices, and procedures
Strong understanding of network and host technologies
Experience applying techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusion using IDS methods and technologies.
Experience with SIEM technologies, malware analysis and mitigation techniques
Apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation)
Interpret information collected by diagnostic network tools (Netflow, security event logs, IDS systems, etc.)
Ability to investigate and solve complex problems.
Excellent communication skills are crucial for effectively communicating security incidents, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including SOC Director and senior management.
Threat Hunting: Proactive threat hunting capabilities to identify and investigate potential security threats or anomalies within the environment before they escalate into incidents.
Incident Response: Experience in incident response procedures and methodologies, including the ability to analyze security incidents, contain threats, mitigate risks, and recover from security breaches effectively and efficiently.