Security Operations Analyst

West 4th Strategy•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We need an experienced Security Operations Analyst at the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). The NIGC is an independent federal agency within the Department of the Interior, established to promote tribal economic development, maintain the integrity of the Indian gaming industry, and ensure that tribes are the primary beneficiaries of their gaming activities. In this role, you will perform all security analysis activities according to established standards; maintain threat awareness and monitor NIGC information systems for exploits and suspicious activities; develop and execute a daily security analysis and reporting checklist; adhere to Continuous Monitoring practices; execute Incident Response activities; and prepare NIGC threat reports to inform risk management decisions. This is a full-time opportunity. We can offer a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

Minimum 6 years of continuous, hands-on experience in a senior security analysis role.
Demonstrated experience with the responsibilities defined above.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field preferred.
Relevant IT certifications may be substituted for a formal degree per SOO Sec 6.

Responsibilities

Perform all security analysis activities according to established standards.
Maintain threat awareness and monitor NIGC information systems for exploits and any suspicious activities; analyze aggregated logs and reports from security tools.
Develop a daily security analysis and reporting checklist and execute activities identified in the checklist.
Evaluate effectiveness of security analysis activities compared to best practices and recommend improvements.
Adhere to Continuous Monitoring practices to evaluate the effectiveness of implemented security controls and execute proactive threat hunting activities to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of NIGC information systems.
Develop detection and response configuration policies to increase automation and alerting.
Develop Incident handling procedures.
Execute Incident Response activities to include all associated actions according to the NIGC incident response plan.
Validate that sufficient and relevant information is captured and retained from security tools to support actionable security awareness and incident investigations.
Collect security operations performance and NIGC security posture management metrics and prepare NIGC threat reports to inform risk management decisions.