Data Security Analyst - 3rd Shift

Dewpoint•Lansing, MI

About The Position

The Data Security Analyst is an entry-level technician supporting a Security Operations Center (SOC) during nights and weekends. After training, the analyst responds to and investigates SOC alerts, alarms, emails, and phone calls in a timely manner. The role focuses on protecting clients by monitoring and analyzing security events, identifying threats, and responding to incidents, while staying current with cybersecurity trends and best practices to strengthen the organization’s security posture. The analyst also conducts pretext calls and designs phishing email campaigns to simulate social-engineering threats, assess security awareness, identify vulnerabilities, and improve defenses. The position requires U.S. citizenship or naturalized-citizen work authorization because of required security access and clearances. The candidate must be located in the Midwest, preferably Michigan, to meet work-hour requirements. W2 employment only; C2C and third-party submissions are not accepted.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship or naturalized-citizen work authorization status is required due to security access and clearance requirements.
Must be located in the Midwest, preferably Michigan, to meet work-hour requirements.
Experience with Microsoft operating systems.
Ability to learn Unix; Unix experience is a plus.
Knowledge of general networking tools and concepts.
Adaptability, attention to detail, growth orientation, and problem-solving ability.
Ability to travel.
Teamwork and time-management skills.
Verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Incident response experience.
Vulnerability management experience.
Help desk experience.
Unix experience.

Responsibilities

Monitor and respond to alerts and communications from clients and coworkers.
Review daily reports and enforce policies and controls.
Make real-time entries in Paylocity and read and respond to emails and phone calls.
Submit time entries, track goals, and analyze weekly goals.
Prepare monthly reports, attend SOC and compliance meetings, and track goals.
Participate in annual events and duties, including the IT Security Conference Dinner, SOC face-to-face meeting, Awareness Summit, and CPE activities for certifications.
Update Confluence documentation and review documents as a second set of eyes.
Review ticketing contacts and organize Keepass contacts.
Conduct social-engineering activities, Talk Team research, and security blogging.
Monitor and analyze security events, identify threats, and respond to incidents.
Conduct pretext calling and design phishing email campaigns to assess and improve security awareness.