Monday, August 24, 2015

Security Operations Center Analyst Opportunity Knocking!

Hello! My name is Melissa Kaye with Kforce Consulting.  I hope you are having a wonderful morning. I came across your resume and wanted to reach out to you in regards to an exciting job opportunity as a Lead Security Analyst in Louisville, Kentucky.  I have attached the job description below. Please contact me at your earliest convenience if interested as this position interviews immediately.  If you know anyone else who may be interested it would be greatly appreciated if you could pass this information along to them as well (we also offer a referral bonus for successful placements).  Thanks!
 
**If you are interested, please reply with an updated version of your resume, as the one I have seems to be a bit outdated.
 
 
Duration: Contract to Perm
Bill Rate: Competitive
 
 
Interview Process: phone interview – onsite interview
 
The Lead Security Operations Engineer will analyze security processes and procedures, manage security awareness, and play a hands-on role in vulnerability scanning and intrusion detection and prevention.  They will follow a comprehensive suite of information security protocols to address risks that are deemed unacceptable, and ensure the information security controls continue to meet the organization's needs on an ongoing basis. 
 
Responsibilities
·           Administration of information security protocols and products, including; approved security information event management (SIEM) application, encryption software, ensures antivirus software is installed on company equipment per security policies, security patches have been applied, etc.
·           This position will perform analysis on SIEM data and generate automated policies to identify abnormal traffic and possible malware events.
·           Ensure compliance with policies and procedures, payment card industry (PCI) standards, and international organization for standardization (ISO27001) standards; assesses local (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) environments security posture and topology, reviews security relevant documentation, and preparing papers discussing results of analysis to help protect and secure data, infrastructure, and systems and educate stakeholders on possible threats.
·           Coordinate with Information Security and business groups to assess, implement, monitor and communicate IS related security risk and hazards
·           Review the development, testing and implementation of security plans, products and controls by providing state-of-the-art technical experience and support to in-house developers to apply appropriate information security protocols and products.
·           Conduct internal reviews on a periodic basis to measure compliance with policy, assist in external audits and assessments, specifically PCI requirements.
 
Education, Work Experience and Other Work Requirements
·           3 to 5 years of experience, 5+ years preferred.
·           Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or related field preferred.
·           3 years managing a SIEM deployment intrusion platforms, and managing encryption software
·           Experience managing encryption software
·           2 years of experience with application/network/OS and DB vulnerability scanning program
·           Detailed understanding of proxy and firewalls, web application firewalls, file level encryption, DLP, RSA, LDAP, Email Gateways, IDS, IDM and load balancers
·           Unix and Windows Server experience
·           One of the following certifications required - CCNA, MCSE, Cisco Security Specialist, CISSP, CISA or CISM.
Specific Knowledge and Skills
 
·           Hands on experience in multiple security areas such as: intrusion detection\prevention, enterprise anti-virus, threat management, vulnerability management. 
·           Ability to write understandable reports including process or product improvement recommendations, root cause analysis, security summary analysis, and project roadmaps.
·           Unix and Windows Server experience; detailed understanding of proxy and next generation firewalls, and web application firewalls.
·           A basic understanding of file level encryption, DLP, RSA, LDAP, and Email Gateways. 
·           Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with all levels of the organization.  This position must be comfortable working collaboratively within the team, and across departments to answer questions, give instructions, and resolve security problems.
·           Relies on judgment and experience to solve complex information security problems in a constantly changing environment.  Must be able to stay abreast of new security vulnerabilities, understand how they impact products and systems, and recommend remediation to reduce risk.
 

Thanks!

 

Melissa Kaye

Talent Representative

Kforce Professional Staffing

12011 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 450

Reston, VA 20190

Work: 703-464-6647

Cell: 757-641-9737

mkaye@kforce.com

www.kforce.com

  

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