Step into the role of Security Operations Analyst and contribute to maintaining a robust, secure digital environment through proactive monitoring and response.
Job responsibilities
- Conduct security research and stay up to date with industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices to enhance the organization's security posture
- Perform log analysis, threat hunting, incident response, and vulnerability impact activities to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to the firm's digital assets
- Collect evidence from devices, systems, and data, extract relevant information and document initial findings, contributing to recommendations for further investigation or remediation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement coordinated security measures, policies, and procedures that align with the firm's objectives
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and at least 1 year of applied experience in cybersecurity operations, network security, or a related field
- Baseline knowledge of cybersecurity operations, security monitoring, incident response, or vulnerability assessment
- Emerging proficiency in scripting for automating tasks and enhancing efficiency
- Foundational understanding of network protocols, security architecture, design principles, and common vulnerability and exposures (CVE) to effectively safeguard digital assets
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with crafting regular expressions (regex)
- Experience reviewing vulnerabilities and the effectiveness of the mitigatory measures
- Possess a basic understanding of cloud architecture and an understanding of how attackers leverage these platforms
- Knowledge of scripting languages like Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript and understanding how scripting languages are used in a cybersecurity context
- Possess the ability to manage fluctuating workloads and conflicting priorities