Senior Associate, Information Security Systems Engineer

L3Harris Technologies•Melbourne, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title: Senior Associate, IT Security Job Code: 32459 Job Location: Melbourne, FL Job Schedule: 9/80 Job Description: L3Harris is searching for talented Information Technology (IT) Security professional to join the L3Harris Security Operations Team as a Security Analyst. This is an operations center staff position that supports the Enterprise Security Operations Center (SOC). This position is ONSITE in Melbourne, FL. Applicants must be willing to work rotating shift periods that include evening and weekend rotations. Specific duties and responsibilities include: This position is ONSITE and located at L3Harris offices located in Melbourne, Florida. This position requires the ability to obtain FAA Public Trust Suitability. This position requires the ability to support on-call and shift rotations. This position requires travel to disaster recovery site and support as needed.

Requirements

BS/BA (or equivalent) degree in IT Security or related field, and a minimum of 2 years related experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associate's degree and a minimum of 4 years related experience, and including:
Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust security clearance

Nice To Haves

Understanding of various Operating Systems (e.g. Windows, Linux, etc.)
Understanding of system logs and be familiar with log analysis
Understanding of predominant cyber-attack vectors (Buffer Overflow, Phishing, etc.)
Information Security Operations Center analyst experience
CompTIA Security+ Certification or equivalent certification preferred
Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation
Understanding of vulnerability mitigation
Knowledge of SIEM functions threat hunting, correlation of events, dashboard creation, metrics development, and creating alerts based on threat intelligence and other Indictors of Compromise (IOC)s
Strong written and oral communication skills, be self-motivated and a self-starter, maintain a curiosity and desire to learn, and be able to work well in a team environment
Ability to prioritize vulnerability mitigation efforts based on risk assessments

Responsibilities

Responsible for Tier 1 security configuration hardening, incident detection/ investigation and reporting to management and customer security contacts
Monitor security events to identify anomalies for possible incidents within the network
Manages Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure and applications, including workflow management, threat hunting assignments, threat intelligence ingests, rule/alert creation and operational maintenance
Use developed skills, tools, and external resources to validate security-related events to determine validity, exposure or false positive conditions
Ability to retrieve, correlate and analyze event history, configuration files and system logs to assess presence of anomalous events
Produce time-critical, technical reports to management outlining incident and potential mitigation
Communicate with SOC and Network Operations Center (NOC) staff about potential incidents, indicators and/or warnings
Troubleshoot and effect restoration of service-impacting issues affecting customer VPN performance
Handle trouble calls from customers and internal network users
Apply baseline security configurations to network equipment to harden or update to meet approved requirement baselines.
Ability to provide on-call support on a rotational basis as needed on weeknights and weekends.
Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment to maintain availability and resiliency of network security services to customers.