Lead Cybersecurity Analyst

Company Description

Zillion Technologies Inc. - (ZTI) is a global business consulting and technology solutions provider. Zillion delivers innovative business solutions that give clients a competitive edge.

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Cybersecurity Analyst

Location: Remote

Hiring a Lead Cybersecurity Analyst for our Cybersecurity Operations team.

In this role, your primary responsibilities will be overseeing daily cybersecurity operations and leading cybersecurity incident response activities. This includes architecting and supporting the cybersecurity operations center (CSOC) technology portfolio and cybersecurity risk management program. This position is also expected to lead efforts that help mature the cybersecurity operations program, capabilities, and processes. You will be expected to serve as a mentor to the team, and to provide input into the overall cybersecurity program and strategy. You will work closely with other IT departments and key stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet business needs and provide consulting services to reduce risk for cyber assets, identify emerging threats and technologies, and help set technical standards for the department and company. 

What you will do:

• Lead incident response efforts, such as responding to identified malicious activity or highly critical vulnerabilities that pose a threat to the organization.
• Onboard data, configure integrations, and setup security alerting for the security information and event management (SIEM) solution, which includes parsing and analyzing large, complex data sets and integrating into the security case management system.
• Leverage knowledge in multiple security disciplines, such as Windows, Unix, Linux, data loss prevention (DLP), endpoint controls, databases, wireless security, and data networking, to offer global solutions for a complex heterogeneous environment.
• Responsible for the continuous maturity of monitoring and incident response capabilities.
• Stay current with, and remain knowledgeable, about new threats. Analyze attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from security events across a large heterogeneous network of security devices and end-user systems.
• Conduct cyber investigations including suspicious files analysis across applications, networks, and endpoints, including memory and disk forensics, to determine maliciousness. Analysis requires knowledge of traditional malware, but also repurposed files that are not malicious, as well as targeted malware and zero-day attacks.
• Acts as primary security resource for strategic initiatives by providing security reviews and mitigation recommendations that address concerns going forward.
• Provides leadership for cyber team including setting standards, identifying emerging threats, mentoring team on how to mitigate risks, and collaborating with business and IT resources.
• Promotes strategic comprehensive planning by identifying advocating for security solutions or practices that substantially reduce the cyber risk of organization.
• Engages in other duties as needed that support Client’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree Information Technology. [Preferred]
• Certification relevant information security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or GIAC) or the ability to gain a certification within 6 months of hire. [Required]

Required Experience:

• 8 years of cybersecurity work experience.
• Experience using malware analysis, forensics solutions and utilities.
• Experience in cyber investigations using formal chain-of-custody methods.
• Solid knowledge and experience with IT security aspects of operating systems, Active Directory, database (SQL) access, LDAP, Microsoft SharePoint, web server configurations, networks server administration, data networking, firewall administration, cloud technologies, and/or application development.
• Experience working in a regulated industry and be familiar with government and industry regulations that involve information security. These include PCI, FISMA, GLBA, FERPA, NERC CIP, TSA, HIPAA, or SOX.
• Solid understanding and experience with security development lifecycle (SDL) processes for internally developed applications, including the web-based and Internet facing components.
• Experience managing security related projects involving multiple teams, utilizing project management tools (task allocation, check point meetings, project milestones, etc.). 

Preferred Experience:

• 6 years of security monitoring and incident response experience.