Job summary:

Job description:

Interview Type: Skype *** Very long term project; initial PO till 7/2021 with extensions *** Remote during covid then onsite; candidate must pickup laptop in person for remote work.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Recommended in this Position

• Basic knowledge in relevant areas, such as incident response, intrusion analysis, incident handling, or malware analysis.
• Proven ability to address advanced threats, such as APT, and be well versed in the tools, tactics, and procedures used by such cyber actors.
• Works with data owners and product managers to categorize systems that may process PII, FERPA, FTI data. 
• Use Risk Management Framework, Security & Privacy Controls, and CIS Critical Controls, and FedRAMP to evaluate information security policy & architecture, and projects in compliance with state laws.
• Experience with the NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST Security & Privacy Controls, and SANS Critical Security Controls. Analyzes multiple industry standards, policies, and tools to develop expertise in establishing holistic and comprehensive models for organizational security policies and procedures. 
• Expanded cybersecurity knowledge of NMAP, OpenVas, Metasploit, Nessus scanner/Security Center, IBM QRadar, email filtering, forensics tools. 
• Evaluates Request for Proposals for penetration testing projects, mobile device management, and other projects.
• Uses forensic tool kits and eDiscovery to scan memory and email for various historical information and activity.
• Basic knowledge of various security methodologies, processes, and hardware; including firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS)
• Establish and implement plans to protect data and information systems against unauthorized access. 
• Provide analysis and containment of compromised systems and mitigate root cause. 
• Basic knowledge of various computer forensic methodologies. 
• Knowledge of state/local and federal laws and regulations regarding cybercrime.
• Extensive experience in deploying, maintaining, and utilizing a variety of tools, data-sources, platforms, and applications commonly leveraged in cyber intelligence collection, processing, information management, and analysis, e.g. SIEM, forensic tools.
• Strong written/verbal communications. 
• Proven ability to work under stress in emergencies with flexibility to handle pressure coming from all direction at one time. 
• Strong customer focus and ability to manage client expectations.
• Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people. 

Recommended Qualifications:

• At least 2 years experience as a Cyber Security Analyst/Specialist
• CompTIA Security+ certification 

Required skills:

• 2 years of 
• Experience working in a cyber security environment.
• Knowledge in relevant areas, such as incident response, intrusion analysis, incident handling, or malware analysis.
• Proven ability to address advanced threats, such as APT, and be well versed in the tools, tactics, and procedures used by such cyber actors.
• Experience with the NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST Security & Privacy Controls, and SANS Critical Security Controls

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Gowtham Reddy(Shaji Team)
His/her contact number is +(1) (205) 5983015
His/her contact email is gowtham.reddy@msysinc.com

Our recruiters will be more than happy to help you to get this contract.