Information Security Analyst - Gaithersburg, United States - Select Cyber

Description

Select Cyber, an Information Security recruitment specialty firm, seeks to fill the following role for our client:
Information Security Analyst
Be part of a cutting-edge Computer Incident Response Tea, (CIRT) for a fortune 500 client. The selected candidate will be responsible for identifying and mitigation of external and internal threats.

Responsibilities:
Perform the following functions as individual assignments or as part of a team:
Respond to alerts from various monitoring systems and platforms
Triage potentially malicious events to determine severity and criticality of the event
Analyze network traffic using a variety of analysis tools in support of service objec

tives
Analyze malicious artifacts obtained from network monitoring with a focus on generation of threat intelligence and service improvement
Identify, develop, and implement new detections and mitigations across the services platforms
Communicate and collaborate with the analyst team for situational awareness
Communicate threat information with clients accurately and professionally through formal and informal interactions
Apply structured analytical methodologies to maximize threat intelligence growth and service efficacy.

Requirements:
Perform the following functions as individual assignments or as part of a team:3-7 years of technical experience supporting enterprise-scale Secure Operations Centers

Experience with log collection and analysis, network and host monitoring platforms, and various analysis tools including Splunk, Symantec Security Analytics, Wireshark, and Vortex.

Experience analyzing logs for indicators of compromise, collected from various network monitoring devices such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, web proxies, email filters, etc.

Experience defining and refining operational procedures, workflows, and processes to support analyst team in consistent, quality execution of defensive mission
Functional knowledge of at least one scripting languages (Python, perl, bash, etc)

Proficiency with Linux CLI tools (awk, sed, jq, etc)

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