Job Details

Information Security Analyst

WASHINGTON-20001, DC, US
02/22/2019

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Required Skills

    Microsoft Windows Servers
Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

2 to 4 Year(s)

Job Description

Summary:

Proactively manages security events and activities to reduce the impact of security incidents and system compromises.

The successful candidate will provide security monitoring, threat analysis, trend analysis, troubleshooting of security device monitoring and incident investigation using infrastructure and applications logs from across the enterprise. Knowledge of evolving cloud security, threat hunting and coding is desired.

Required:

2+ years of demonstrated experience in system, network and/or application security

Expert knowledge with Microsoft Windows Servers/Desktops

Experience with Unix and Linux administration

Working knowledge of physical and VM Routers and Firewalls configurations

Solid analytical security troubleshooting skills

Experience with a SIEM (security incident and event management) solution like Splunk

Experiencing analyzing and correlating events and alerts from host-based solutions (e.g., Crowdstrike, TrendMicro, CarbonBlack, etc)

Experience with AWS and GCP platform native security logging, monitoring and alerting
capabilities

Understanding of Cloud Security practices

Excellent problem management skills

Excellent time management skills

Excellent communication skills both written and oral

Excellent teamwork skills

Strong sense of ownership and drive

Preferred:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certifications.

Industry Security Certification (i.e. CISSP, CISA, Ethical Hacker, CompTIA Security +)

Scripting and coding experience

Position Responsibilities:

Hunt for threats within a large environment

Analyze, correlate and respond to Security Reports and Feeds

Analyze, correlate and respond to Security Alerts and Alarms

Deployment and troubleshooting of host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) and network intrusion detection system (NIDS)

Manage security events using ITIL incident management

Advise and consult with internal customers on risk assessment, threat modeling, and vulnerability management

Interpret and apply security policies and procedures

Participate in incident response

Identify security issues and risks and then develop mitigation plans

Create and deliver Incident Response communications

Develop proactive security processes

Design, develop and lead security initiatives

Provide analysis and trending of security log data from various security devices

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the IT security industry, including awareness of new or revised security solutions, improved security processes, and the development of new attacks and threat vectors

Provide information security reporting, including security metrics as required

Recommend solutions to mitigate risk in any activity that potentially impacts security of existing IT and information management


Information Systems Managers
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Candidate Requirements
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Bachelors

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Recruiter Details
Doug Klares
1350 Broadway, Suite 2205, NEW YORK-10018, NY, US
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