Summary
 

Performs daily monitoring and review of security events that are escalated by junior analysts. Keeps up with the cyber threat landscape in order to rapidly identify potential threats. Performs security assessments such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and advanced threat hunting.

Description
 

Position Purpose:

Performs daily monitoring and review of security events that are escalated by junior analysts. Keeps up with the cyber threat landscape in order to rapidly identify potential threats. Performs security assessments such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and advanced threat hunting.

What You'll Do:

• Plans and performs security assessments such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and advanced threat hunting. Anticipates and mitigates potential attacks through enterprise connections to ensure the security of the system (s). Exploits weaknesses detected in systems to assess and prevent potential break-ins. Analyzes business impact and exposure based on security threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. Keeps up with the cyber threat landscape in order to rapidly identify potential threats. Ensures security tools are properly tuned to identify and contain cyber-attacks before they happen.

• Develops and implements enterprise information security architectures and solutions. Researches, designs, and advocates new technologies, infrastructure, architectures, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors. Identifies, plans and implements security tools.

• Performs daily monitoring and review of security events that are escalated by junior analysts. Provides security technical guidance to junior analysts. Performs investigations as needed and responses to potential incidents rapidly and accurately.

• Researches new security/cyber intelligence and keeps up with the cyber threat landscape in order to rapidly identify potential threats. Ensures security tools are properly tuned to identify and contain cyber-attacks before they happen.

• Evaluates and recommends procedures and processes for the prevention, detection, containment and correction of information security breaches. Advises management and users regarding security procedures.

• Monitors security agencies and services in order to keep apprised of current security threats and concerns. Evaluates products and/or procedures to enhance productivity and effectiveness of information security across the organization.

To Qualify for This Position, You'll Need:

This position requires a clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship to obtain.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a job-related field

Degree Equivalency:

• Associate's degree plus an extra 2 years job-related work experience for a total of 10 years of required work experience (see "required work experience).

OR

• 12 total years required job-related work experience

Required Work Experience:

• 8 years of job-related technical experience.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical, data gathering and problem-solving skills with experience analyzing network attacks.

• Understanding of system and network security, incident management, intrusion detection, log analysis, and related technologies.

• Creativity to recognize and address new threats and security challenges as they arise.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise