IT SPECIALIST - SR. IT SPECIALIST - Cybersecurity

Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, United States of America
30 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 114K

Job location

San Antonio, United States of America

Tech stack

API
Data analysis
Application Firewall
Software System Penetration Testing
Computer Security
Linux
Information Technology Operations
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Network Security
Windows Server
Cloud Services
Security Information and Event Management
TCP/IP
Virtual Local Area Networks
Software Vulnerability Management
Windows Desktop
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Load Balancing
Office365
Cyber Threat Analysis
Firewalls (Computer Science)
Operational Systems

Job description

Cybersecurity Operations' mission is to secure the enterprise by evaluating, implementing, and operating a full suite of tools and services. We are responsible for configuring, engineering, administering, and supporting network and endpoint security systems. Operations include firewalls, intrusion prevention and incident response as well as security orchestration and automation. As part of the Cybersecurity team, the candidate will be part of the technology assessment and implementation process as well as operations and response, candidates will engage in the full security system lifecycle. Objectives of this Role:

  • Provide cybersecurity analysis and support in an Enterprise environment.
  • Deploy, configure, and maintain security applications.
  • Maintain and provide continuous security configurations of cybersecurity infrastructure.
  • Research, recommend, evaluate, and deploy new cybersecurity technologies and capabilities.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

  • Participate in daily review of alerts and incident response (IR) activities.
  • Effectively document system configurations, findings, and results of IR activities.
  • Monitoring and maintaining Endpoint Protection and Response (EDR) and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) systems, Enterprise Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing programs.
  • Monitoring and maintaining Next Generation firewall systems and policies and L3/L7 Load-balancing and Web Application Firewall (WAF).
  • Support and management of Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution.
  • Participate in the support and management of the Enterprise Security Information Event Management (SIEM) solution to include advanced reporting, data analysis and correlation.
  • Participate in the support and configuration of the security for Microsoft O365 Entra ID cloud services.

Requirements

  • Requires a Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity, IT Operations, or related degree with relevant experience. In lieu of a Bachelors degree 5 years of Cybersecurity and/or IT administration experience. a high school education or equivalent and related certifications is required.
  • 3 years: Relevant Cybersecurity and/or IT administration experience with a Bachelors degree.
  • 3-7 years: Experience working with incident response and/or network security platforms such as Endpoint Protection, Threat Intelligence, Security Orchestration Automation and Response.
  • 3-7 years: Experience with administration of modern operating systems (e.g.- Windows Server, Windows Desktop and Linux).
  • Experience with network fundamentals (TCP/IP, Vlans and network subnetting) as well as scripting, development, and utilizing application programing interfaces (API).
  • A valid/clear driver's license is required.

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