Security Analyst

TEKsystems • Cupertino, CA

9d • $60 - $60 • Remote

About The Position

The Security Analyst will help maintain and improve the organization’s security posture by identifying, validating, assessing, and prioritizing vulnerabilities, including zero-day issues and vulnerabilities under embargo. The role includes evaluating severity and business impact, providing technical remediation guidance across varied environments, coordinating remediation with cross-functional teams, monitoring progress, improving automation, and participating in vulnerability-management response efforts. The position is a contract role based in Cupertino, California, and is described as fully remote.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of information security experience, focused on emergency response, security engineering, or vulnerability management.
• Hands-on experience triaging, validating, and responding to security vulnerabilities and zero-day issues, including issues under embargo.
• Excellent knowledge of common security vulnerabilities.
• Experience in network, systems, web, and infrastructure security.
• Strong knowledge of macOS, Linux, or Windows operating systems and distributed systems design.
• Very good understanding of third-party cloud and container security, components, and strategies.
• Ability to analyze endpoint, network, and application logs at scale, such as with Splunk or OSQuery.
• Experience with threat modeling, business impact analysis, CVE analysis, and prioritization.
• Scripting or software development experience with Python, Go, and/or Bash.
• Ability to track and manage multiple parallel vulnerability-management activities.
• Good communication skills and a high standard of ethics.

Responsibilities

• Validate vulnerabilities and assess their severity and business impact.
• Identify, scope, and prioritize vulnerability remediation across the organization.
• Provide technical guidance for resolving reported vulnerabilities across various environments.
• Prepare summary reports covering newly discovered and existing vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to strategize and prioritize remediation work.
• Monitor and track remediation work.
• Identify and improve automation in the current process.
• Participate in response efforts related to vulnerability management.
• Provide timely updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Create reports to track progress.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility.
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage, subject to eligibility.
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, subject to eligibility.
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents, subject to eligibility.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility.
• Health Spending Account (HSA), subject to eligibility.
• Transportation benefits, subject to eligibility.
• Employee Assistance Program, subject to eligibility.
• Time off or leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed