SSUSA Job #792: Senior IT Security Analyst
Job Description
SENIOR IT SECURITY ANALYST
The Senior Security Analyst will act as a lead for the Information Security Team. This role requires a strong technical background and familiarity of traditional and emerging security technologies and practices. The activities of this role will be split between day-to-day operations activities and providing guidance to agency stakeholders or new and existing infrastructure related projects. The candidate must be able to work independently with minimal supervision, interact effectively with IT, Security, and Business leaders.
Key Responsibilities:
• Align with and support the execution of the Information Security Program vision and strategy.
• Provide assistance in the implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of the information security program into in-scope operational areas (gap analysis, risk assessment, third party assessments, procedure/specification development, execution of recurring procedures, incident response).
• Identify, analyze and communicate security vulnerabilities.
• Serve as an information security subject matter expert and trusted advisor.
• Understand current as well as emerging security threats and assist in the design of application architecture to mitigate threats where possible.
• Stay abreast of new security technologies and assist in the integration of new technology into architecture design when appropriate.
• As a contributor, take ownership for assigned areas of responsibility and effectively manage workloads to meet team deadlines.
• Clearly and concisely communicate in both written form and verbally to leadership and Management.
• Review security features of newly implemented systems, ensuring they meet existing security requirements and policies. Review proposed changes to existing policy as conditions warrant.
• On a day to day basis, the candidate will review reports to identity threats. Reports may be generated from tools such as Net Profiler, Imperva, Fire Eye and FirePower.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position; or,
Preferred
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the Cybersecurity field. performing incident handling, forensics, sensor alert tracking and cybersecurity incident case management. Packet Analyzers, Antivirus, Network Behavior Analysis tools, Malware analysis, Firewalls, DLP, endpoint protection, log collection and analysis. application layer protocols (e.g., HTTP/S, DNS, FTP, SMTP, etc.). assessments, mitigation planning and implementation. persistent threats. control standards, secure coding principles, and security technologies. |
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Job Location
New York City
Position Type
Permanent
Salary Range
TBD