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Position Title – WR74662R072015

Sr. Systems Analyst – Security – Cyber Defense - CISSP - Asset Management – Marlboro, MA Area – Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Green Card or US Citizens Only – Relo possible for exceptional candidates

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Outstanding Compensation Package – Bonus – Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities.

Position Summary:

The Cyber Defense team is looking for a senior security analyst to perform information security-related investigations and incident response processes. Investigations are triggered by reports, alerts, or via Intel received from information sharing organizations. Incident response processes may be executed based on the severity of the findings from these investigations. Our Cyber Defense Team’s primary mission is to understand the normal and to continuously investigate the abnormal.

Responsibilities:

· Gather and analyze data through SIEM-like log aggregation tool

· Triage reports, data feeds, dashboards, and other indicators to identify anomalies that may warrant further investigation

· Conduct security investigations, gathering, and handling forensic artifacts as necessary

· Interface with technical and non-technical users to conduct fact-finding interviews

· Engage the Security Operations Center for assistance analyzing key events

· Provide root cause analysis and suggestions based on investigative findings to prevent reoccurrence

· Coordinate with other teams and advocate for improvements to configurations or technologies, driving remediation’s to continually reduce ‘noise’

· Review changes to security rule sets

· Participate in on-call rotation for escalated security events

· Coordinate a daily follow the sun handoff status document

Required Skills and Competencies:

Technical Qualifications:

Candidates should be familiar with:

· Data analytics tools such as Sumologic, Splunk, HP-ArcSight

· Breach detection tools such Carbon Black, RSA ECAT

· End Point Protection tools

· Knowledge of leading Proxies

· IDS/IPS tools

· DLP solutions

· Network packet capture tools

· SSL/VPN

· Wireshark

· Vulnerability scanners

· Security fundamentals for Windows, Linux, and major cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)

Non-technical Qualifications:

· BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field

· 5 or more years of IT Security Experience

· Certified Information Systems Security (CISSP) is strongly preferred

· Strong analytical and investigative skills

· Sound decision-making skills

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to work in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment

· Aptitude to provide innovative solutions to problems

· Attentive to detail and self-disciplined

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking an Analyst that has experience conducting Cyber investigations. This individual will look at alerts and notifications and dive deep to figure out the root cause. This individual will have an analytical and law enforcement mind set. The Analyst will find out the vulnerability and develop prevention systems.

2) This is a senior level role. A CISSP is strongly preferred.

3) See Technical Qualifications above. The right candidate will have most of these technical skills including Data Analytics tools, Breach Detection tools, End Point Protection tools, etc.

4) Strong communication skills are required.