Security Analyst I

Palms • Las Vegas, NV

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Executive Director Compliance, Information Security Operations, the Security Analyst I supports efforts to ensure that information assets are adequately protected, and proper security controls are in place for all current and future IT and Information Security systems. Champions a security mindset to all enterprise team members and recognizes the value of standards, policy and procedures, operational effectiveness, and high availability. This role supports incident response activities and post-incident actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information security, technology, statistics, mathematics, or related field required.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in an information technology or information security role required.
• Ability to troubleshoot through Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model: Network security monitoring, traffic analysis, packet capture.
• Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking and routing protocols.
• Implementing two-factor authentication.
• Must have strong communication and presentation skills.
• Must understand the value of standards, policy and procedures, operational effectiveness, and high availability.
• Regular and predictable attendance is expected and an essential function of this position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Casino & Tribal government technology and security goals strongly preferred.
• Experience with the following technology preferred: Artificial Intelligence. Data Loss Protection. Endpoint Detection & Response Vulnerability Management Network Infrastructure. Network Security. Email Security.
• Certifications in one or more of the following: Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security (SANS), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executes incident response and issue management resulting from security investigations.
• Works with technical experts and leadership on security incident follow up, assists with the resolution of daily incidents such as intrusion detection, malware infections, denial of service attacks, data leak protections, privileged account misuse and network breaches.
• Analyzes and validates environment controls validation to ensure systems are operating securely and data is protected from both internal and external attacks.
• Monitors security logs and alerts to identify and investigate potential security incidents.
• Participates in on-call rotation to support after-hours security incidents and operational support.
• Assists with security controls remediation and enhancements to reduce risk throughout enterprise systems, data, and network.
• Documents existing enterprise security systems configuration, processes, procedures and recommend improvements and/or alternatives.
• Supports the cybersecurity toolset lifecycle management including assisting with SMEs on design, acquisition, inventory, process documentation, deployment, maintenance, change management, monitoring, reporting, decommission and other service assurance activities.
• Conducts research on emerging security technologies to support system development efforts and submits findings to support decision making on technologies to increase cost effectiveness and flexibility in a holistically secure environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of the department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level