Security Analyst, Senior Job Description
Security analyst, senior
provides quality assurance and control over security technologies including Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Firewalls & Log Analysis, Security Event and Incident Management (SEIM), Antivirus, Network.
Security Analyst, Senior Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provide content for shared situational awareness mechanisms , websites, blogs, and Wikipedia style mechanisms
To assist Group Security to retain visibility of all Group Security projects
Maintain client interfaces on behalf of the function
Managing SIEM, NIDS, endpoint protection, anti-malware, firewalls, to maintain high visibility into the security state of digital assets, systems and data
Monitor and advise on information security issues related to the systems and workflow for the company to ensure the internal security controls are appropriate and operating as intended
Conduct data classification assessment and security audits and manage remediation plans
Collaborate with IT management, the legal department, and law enforcement agencies to manage security vulnerabilities
Develop security requirements for new IT initiatives
Have and maintain (via conferences, etc) a great knowledge of infosec industry trends and developments and advise on changes to the threat landscape
Identify, propose and initiate improvements to the organisations security posture
Security Analyst, Senior Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Security Analyst, Senior
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CISSP, ITIL, CEH, GIAC, GSEC, SANS, GCIH, SEC504, GCED, SEC501
Education for Security Analyst, Senior
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the security analyst, senior job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Computer Science, Technical, Engineering, Information Security, Education, Technology, Information Technology, Information Systems, Management, Business
Skills for Security Analyst, Senior
Desired skills for security analyst, senior include:
Relevant technology as assigned
Risk Management Framework
DOD and Air Force DIACAP
Industrial Control Systems security highly desired
Information Assurance
NETOPS
Security technologies
Networks technologies
Network design and engineering
Authenticator management for unclassified systems
Desired experience for security analyst, senior includes:
ONetwork, firewall and IDS auditing
A BA or BS Degree or equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
Professional Certification is preferred (CISA, CISSP, or equivalent)
Must be self-managed and goal driven
Provide communication and escalation throughout the incident per the CSIRT guidelines
Familiar with security risk management principles and best practices
Security Analyst, Senior Examples
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Security Analyst, Senior Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of security analyst, senior. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for security analyst, senior
- Research, design and advocate new and innovative technologies, architectures, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners and vendors
- Serve as a security expert in application development, database design, network and/or operating system efforts, helping project teams comply with enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices
- Working knowledge of key elements for a successful Risk Management Program and related frameworks or standards
- Hands-on experience with security tools such as nmap, Wireshark, tcpdump, SIEM, Nikto/Wikto, Nessus, Metasploit, NeXpose, SATAN, Burp Suite, w3af, Tripwire, CORE Impact, Backtrack, Snort, JTR, Volatility, Memoryze
- Experience working with internal and external audit groups to ensure compliance to appropriate regulations and data protection directives
- Apply security standards, directives, guidance and policies from architectural frameworks
- Design, develop and execute risk reduction strategies and approaches based on recognized best practices
- Develop and implement security policies and procedures, including validating compliance across VRS operations
- Conduct risk assessments, manage the development and execution of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and execute disaster recovery testing
- Work closely with peer technology staff, auditors, senior management and executives on a variety of technology initiatives, including security assessments and enterprise security program improvements
Qualifications for security analyst, senior
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive issues in a confidential and professional manner
- Proven ability to adapt to various technologies
- Maintain a familiarity of the Bank’s organizational structure and management practices
- Must escalate issues internally to appropriate partners to ensure risks are managed appropriately
- Develop, foster and maintain effective relationships with ETS contacts, who are relied upon to support the Bank’s BCCM Program
- Negotiate mutually agreeable, innovative, efficient and effective solutions to complex BCCM issues
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Security Analyst, Senior Job Description
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Our company is looking to fill the role of security analyst, senior. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for security analyst, senior
- Protects our customers, our employees, and our brands by incorporating security and compliance in all decisions and daily job responsibilities
- Certifications like GCIA, GCIH and CISSP (or equivalent) desirable
- Experience in leading professional and practitioner in the cyber security field, with deep knowledge and experience in a breadth of cyber security topics
- Experience in mobile device, network or memory forensics is desirable
- Participate in the design, creation and update of SAP roles with associated entitlements
- Supports Security Site Surveys of launch sites new to the EELV program
- Analysis of threat management data to identify threats and investigate and resolve concerns, as escalated by Tier I SOC analysts
- Utilize security tools, such as SPLUNK, Bit9, TripWire, to protect global information assets and communicate any concerns or threats to global technology business partners
- Provides technical support for forensics services to include evidence seizure, computer forensic analysis and recovery, in support of computer investigations
- Develop and implement security, cybersecurity, and program protection plans in accordance with DoD 5220.22-M
Qualifications for security analyst, senior
- Appropriate technical and/or security certifications preferred
- Security software or internal IT audit experience a plus
- 3+ years' experience supporting IT audits, with thorough understanding of audit evidence
- Solid understanding of security concepts, principles and practices, including fundamental knowledge of the OSI model and TCP/IP
- Business-driven mindset with interest in providing long-term improvements in Information Security
- Previous experience communicating threat and risk profiles to leaders and individual contributors to facilitate progress towards required improvements
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Security Analyst, Senior Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a security analyst, senior. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for security analyst, senior
- Serve as project manager/lead for IT security projects
- Evaluate, deploy and manage security products (SIEM, MDM, MFA)
- Develop and maintain IT security baseline and procedures
- Participate in 24x7 Information Security Incident Response team
- Assist IT with creating and testing disaster recovery procedures
- Regularly assess, track and manage necessary actions required to address security related issues based on system logs, alerts, and reports
- Provides weekly status reports, including outstanding issues
- Undertake security data analysis and event tracking activities on a full time basis, assigned to an enterprise, Australian Government client
- Maintain and operate Security Incident and Event Management tools deployed across multiple environments
- Proactively configure, tune and operate Intrusion Prevention and associated security systems to mitigate active and potential threats
Qualifications for security analyst, senior
- Understanding of NIST Special Publications and COV SEC Policies
- Create content (correlation rules, queries, dashboards, reports, ) in industry leading SIEM tools, such as Splunk
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, systems engineering, management information system, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the information technology fields (e.g., Information Security, IT auditing, IT vendor management, IT risk management)
- Advanced knowledge of IT service management processes and control objectives (e.g., COBIT, COSO, ITIL)
- Advanced knowledge of information security frameworks, supporting processes and control objectives (e.g., ISO, NIST, PCI-DSS)
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Security Analyst, Senior Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a security analyst, senior. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for security analyst, senior
- Support Secure Web Gateway solution
- Support Log Management and Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) application
- Troubleshoot and successfully close security tickets within predetermined service delivery agreements (SLA)
- Communicate and, as appropriate, escalate security issues or gaps to Security team, IT Operations or Vendors and follow-up until resolution
- Work closely with Security Engineer and assist with remediation efforts from scans and assessments (internal and external)
- Promote security awareness and adoption of security standards and practices to all staff members including vendors
- Remain current on emerging security risks, trends and technologies and share with team
- Utilize standard Segregation of Duty (SOD) tools to validate user access privileges and role assignments identifying any potential SOD risk
- Troubleshoot existing user roles, security objects, and authorizations to resolve any security issues
- Identify gaps in existing administration processes and procedures areas for significant improvement, optimization, and automation
Qualifications for security analyst, senior
- OSupport requests to clients, staff and peer interactions
- OReporting, documentation, and investigation notes
- OCSS projects outcomes and initiatives to the SOC & CSS management
- CISSP designation or equivalent (nice to have)
- Sailpoint - Identity IQ experience (nice to have)
- Typically has five to seven years of IT experience
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Security Analyst, Senior Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a security analyst, senior. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for security analyst, senior
- Proactive change management, incident management, capacity management, and hardware / software upgrades and patches
- Perform problem diagnosis and use technical expertise to develop options and solutions to specific problems that are technical in nature and which are typically well, and contribute to remediation and recovery activity
- Perform on-call and after-hours support where required
- Maintain and support the identity and access management systems to deliver the required levels of service to the banks employees, including the provision of on-call and after-hours support for these systems
- Investigate and resolve problems and defects encountered within the identity and access management systems, while adhering to problem management standards
- Contribute to project related activities and meetings to support delivery of project objectives
- Perform technical problem diagnosis and use technical expertise to develop options and solutions to specific problems
- Use continuous improvement techniques to enhance the identity and access management systems and their associated support and administration processes
- Responsible for the design, engineering, implementation, deployment, documentation, testing, and ongoing capacity planning of security solutions (hardware, software and systems configuration solutions)
- Responsible for the control environment and identifies approaches to improve controls
Qualifications for security analyst, senior
- Understanding of NIST Special Publications and State and Local security policies
- Practical use and implementation of solid knowledge of information security principles and practices for a public corporation
- 5+ years of experience in either forensics for multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, SQL, ), or extensive experience in responding, investigating, and recovering from breach or compromise
- 5 years of experience with IT security best practices including Authorization, Authentication, Logging, and Network Security
- Hands-on experience with commercial, open source and free security tools for static source code analysis, fuzzing testing, dynamic and binary testing
- Experience with QNX, Linux, iOS, AOSP