Cyber Security Threat Analyst

Overview

Hybrid
$0+
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
Able to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

Cyber Security
Threat Analysis
IT Security
Forensics
Incident Management
Malware Analysis
Security Operations

Job Details

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY. The role is hybrid 3 days/week onsite (Tues, Wed, and Thurs).

WORK SCHEDULE: Sunday to Thursday (Swing shift) 2 PM to 10 PM.

Position Summary

The Monitoring & Response Team (also known as M&R) is the 24x7 security operations team that is essentially client s first line of defense that is continuously preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events to improve the organization s security posture.

The Monitoring & Response Team is built with the foundation of a standard SOC but operates differently by utilizing Threat Intelligence in our daily investigations of security events. The Monitoring & Response Team also operates in a proactive/reactive manner to maintain the highest level of efficacy in their tasks.

Job Responsibilities

  • Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required
  • Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams
  • Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources
  • Provides hunting/analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise/breach
  • Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to discover the source of anomalous security events
  • Assists in performing basic research internally and externally
  • Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools
  • Develops a strategy to implement work in department

Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
  • IT-Information Technology Security certification
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