Cloud Security Analyst II (5768)

SMX•Hollywood, MD

3d•$73,100 - $110,800•Remote

About The Position

Smartronix, LLC is seeking a Cloud Security Operations Analyst to support its Security Operations team and managed security services for customers’ cloud-based infrastructures. The analyst will help evaluate customers’ cybersecurity posture and develop security monitoring solutions to counter emerging threats. The role contributes to detecting and mitigating security threats by using security tools to deliver quality, timely managed security services. This is a remote position supporting a team based in Herndon, Virginia.

Requirements

Ability to lead and coordinate efforts in small working teams.
Ability and willingness to continually learn and enhance capabilities.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing from a technical perspective.
Ability to collaborate with customer stakeholders regarding security capabilities and threat actor techniques.
Demonstrable understanding of common enterprise applications, infrastructure, and security technologies.
Ability to analyze emerging cybersecurity threats and their applicability to customer environments.
Proactive, self-motivated, and target-driven approach to service delivery.
Ability to work within a team.
Skills in presenting and communicating with customers.
Four-year degree focused on Cybersecurity or Computer Science; additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
At least 2 years of cybersecurity or cloud experience.
Experience with Unix, Linux, or Windows operating systems and comfort using a command-line interface.
Experience with advanced endpoint security tools and their use in countering malicious threat actors.
Experience performing security incident response, incident analysis, and incident handling.
Ability to obtain a Public Trust and DoD security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Security Operations Center support experience is preferred.
Cloud or virtualization experience is preferred.
Scripting language experience is preferred but not required.
CISSP, CEH, CASP, or additional security certifications are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and continually improve system and network security monitoring capabilities and procedures.
Monitor and triage potential security incidents, notify clients, and tune sensors and queries to reduce false positives.
Implement endpoint security agent policies and rules to meet defensive objectives.
Support operational threat analysis using log correlation and endpoint security tools.
Support contingency and incident response activities.
Develop monthly and quarterly reports based on system and network monitoring and alerting capabilities.
Recommend improvements and maintain and monitor production and non-production systems to protect customer data from unauthorized access.
Write knowledge base documents to improve operations and standard operating procedures, and contribute to organizational improvements.