IT Analyst - Security (Mid-Level)

Immediate need for a talented IT Analyst - Security (Mid-Level). This is a 06 Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Waltham, MA (Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:25-89235

Pay Range: $65 - $68/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Security event monitoring, management, and response in conjunction with company SOC and the internal cyber security team (EDR, DLP, XSOAR and other sources)
• Contributing to continuous improvement of OpCo’s security monitoring capability and Incident response process and automation efforts
• Creation of reports, dashboards, metrics for security events and presentation to Management and various stakeholders.
• Operating in compliance with agreed SLAs, process adherence, and process improvement to achieve operational objectives
• Collaborating with operational teams to ensure they are actively engaged in addressing potential security threats that can impact the business, to ensure consistency and viability of the protection mechanisms applied and coverage of the monitoring tooling
• Managing the overall vulnerability management portfolio across the OpCo technical domains
• Reviewing threat intelligence from external sources, researching emerging threats which may impact the business and articulating actionable recommendations
• Contributing to projects that enhance the security posture of the company
• Supporting evaluation of 3rd party vendor risks and collaborate with them to meet OpCo security standards

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Skills-IT Security, Firewalls and Networking.
• Understand the structure and the meaning of logs and events from different sources such as end-point protection, operating systems, firewalls, intrusion detection, email security etc.
• Able to perform analysis of security alerts and correlate events to establish context, rule out false positives and evaluate security risk to the business, determine containment action, and identify required preventative measures.
• Understanding of cybersecurity best practices, standards
• Working knowledge of common threats including but not limited to malware, phishing, ransomware, DDOS, web & mobile application security risks
• Working knowledge with patching and vulnerability management practices
• Good working knowledge of various operating systems i.e. including but not limited to Linux, MacOS, Windows
• Good understanding of network protocols
• General understanding of applications, database, middleware, cloud environments
• Good Technology and English language skills
• Excellent communication & team collaboration skills
• Good analytical skills and problem solving
• An independent worker who is comfortable working on their own initiative and in collaboration with overseas teams, owning their own time and seeking guidance as needed
• Ability to multitask and handle high pressure situations
• A strong passion for Cyber Security and to learn and progress within the trade
• Experience in a similar role is highly desirable (3 years’ experience)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Our client is a leading Biotechnology Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
 
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