Security Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

At ALLERE GROUP , we pride ourselves in creating the perfect match for our candidates. We work tirelessly to build relationships with top companies across the nation, so we always have exciting opportunities for the right candidates. If you are excited about emerging technologies and would love to be a part of a progressive company, we want to talk to you!

Job Title : Security Analyst

Location : Allentown, PA

This cybersecurity lead role will serve as a technical leader within the organization and will be responsible for maintaining and improving strategic security posture through secure architecture and process design, through engagement on project teams, and applying security operational lessons learned. This role will provide transformative leadership to shape the evolution of technical and process cybersecurity controls implemented throughout the organization to protect against growing global cyber threats. In addition to working with traditional IT systems, the candidate will also input for the design of security controls to protect company’s Operational Technology (OT) systems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Proactively understand business needs and apply sound cybersecurity architecture design and operations, including cloud security as appropriate, to mitigate security risks. Ensure business targets are achieved through secure and reliable use of appropriate technology and process.
• Provide consultation and coordination to Business Unit and IT Management as required to ensure resource owner responsibilities are understood and accepted, selection and use of realistic enforcement mechanisms that appropriately balance security and business functions risk, understanding of, and development of appropriate response to cybersecurity audit findings by internal and external auditing departments, or engagement of other 3rd party assessments relative to security risk mitigation.
• Stay abreast of emerging technology and architecture directions while focusing on advanced IT Security techniques / tools / processes, including pursuit and attainment of appropriate cybersecurity related certifications, advanced education, and / or security clearances.
• Provides high level research on internal projects, recommending strategic cybersecurity directions and plans that address company-wide cybersecurity issues.
• Solve IT Security problems of varying complexity across multiple technology specialization areas through development of well thought out plans for complex or ambiguous issues.
• Design, develop / enhance process / procedures for periodic review and correlational analysis of system logs to enable active defense approach to system security
• Respond in a timely manner to loss or misuse of corporate assets. As part of cybersecurity team, serves as a team member for primary 24x7 on call security response on rotational basis (typically one week at a time) per security alert notifications, and as part of departmental security incident response processes.
• Provide skilled leadership consultation with other technical staff on cybersecurity related updates to applications and technical environments, including mentoring / coaching other more junior technical staff members across areas of IT Security to promote and exchange knowledge and personal skills and leadership development.
• Provides technical analytical and security leadership for project development and implementation.
• Committed to continuous learning by striving to increase own skills and knowledge required for the position. Sorts out personal strengths / weaknesses and seeks feedback for improvement.
• Contributes to a cooperative environment that encourages information exchange. Use oral and written communications that present difficult or complex ideas in a clear, concise, organized, and persuasive manner and able to identify the underlying business issue, impact and benefit while promoting cybersecurity advancements.
• Support existing and evolving mandatory regulatory compliance requirements as appropriate to workgroup responsibilities, including NERC CIP and SOX.

Candidate Qualifications

Candidates must meet the basic qualifications and pass all required tests or assessments to receive consideration.

Basic Qualifications

P referred Qualifications

ALLERE GROUP is a proud woman-owned business (WBENC certified) and active supporters of numerous philanthropic, volunteer, and fundraising endeavors.

ALLERE GROUP offers direct hire, contract to hire, and statement of work placements. We offer access to employer healthcare benefits, and a 401k retirement plan. Allere Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.