Technical Security Analyst

Job Title : Technical Security Analyst

Location : California (Major cities) Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, Pleasanton, San Jose, Pasadena, San Diego CA

Duration : 12 Months

Key Responsibilities :

Demonstrate ability to identify, contain, eradicate and recover from security incidents

Proactively identify and assess threats to client's users, network and data

Monitor and respond to reports of malicious activity

Respond and investigate intrusions and security events

Perform thorough analysis of attacks and anomalous network behavior

Perform proficient forensic analysis using security tools and processes

Identify Actionable Intelligence by processing Threat Intelligence (TI)

Create Standard Operating Procedures and training documents

Basic Qualifications :

5+ Years' experience in information security and forensics and / or security incident response.

CISSP and CCFP or equivalent certification desired (e.g., CCE, CHFI). Other highly desirable security certifications may be substituted for CISSP (e.g., CISA, CISM, etc.)

Extensive knowledge of and proven experience with information technology systems and methods of developing, testing and moving solutions to implementation.

Self-motivated self-starters / proactive, working closely and actively communicating with team members to accomplish time critical tasks and deliverables.

Work collaboratively with other support team members and independently on assigned tasks and deliverables with minimum supervision.

Preferred Qualifications :

Working experience of obtaining Cyber Threat Intelligence and making the information usable through the security incident process.

Working experience of applying IOCs to identify threats in the current environment and apply information to prevent future vulnerabilities in infrastructure.

Working experience using best practices standards and frameworks : ISO 27001 / 27002; PCI DSS v4, GLBA; HIPPA / HITECH; NIST 800-53; CIS CONTROLS, NIST CSF; CIS RAM.

Experience with LAN WAN, Internet, Proxy / Filtering, Firewall, VPN, DMZ and network protocols like TCP / IP, SNMP, SMTP, NTP, DNS, LDAP, NFS, SAMBA, etc.

Experience with security concepts : Encryption, Hardening, Security GRC, Forensic Analysis Tools, Computer Forensic, SIEM, Malware analysis.