AdNet/AccountNet Inc. ยท 5 months ago
Senior Cloud Security Analyst
DC, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expAdNet/AccountNet, Inc. is a management consulting firm focused on providing high-quality staffing and executive search services. The Senior Cloud Security Analyst will play a crucial role in advancing the organization's cybersecurity initiatives, leading security-focused projects, and enhancing cloud security posture through proactive threat detection and incident response capabilities.
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Responsibilities
Proactively hunt for abnormal configuration, permissions, workloads, user behaviors or other indicators of compromise
Identify and respond to cyber threats occurring within the company's cloud environments
Enhance security monitoring, alerting and automated response capabilities and improve existing threat hunting capabilities that align with the global direction
Monitor, investigate and analyze logs and security-related events utilizing existing tools in the environment. Improve the meaningfulness of alerts and reduce the instances of false positives by calibrating the alert thresholds
Creating and maintaining playbooks and automated response capabilities
Stay up to date with current threat actors and the TTPs used by actively researching emerging Indicators of Compromise/Attack, exploits and vulnerabilities with the intent of operationalizing findings to better protect our networks
Fulfill responsibilities as it relates to POAMs generated from risk assessments
Lead time-sensitive projects tied to risk remediations, including ensuring completion of such projects per agreed upon schedule
Qualification
Required
Must be a strategic thinker, able to understand and act upon the organization's objectives
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong problem solving and research skills
Event analysis expertise leveraging Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and cloud native tools
Incident investigation and response expertise, including the ability to interpret cloud platform alerts and events and parse through logs and analyze log data
Knowledge of current threat landscape, including knowledge of malware operation and indicators
Deep understanding of identity management and access security for cloud environments
Security and architecture experience with AWS, Azure, M365, and SaaS platforms with expertise in one or more platforms
Familiarity with cybersecurity standards and frameworks, and knowledge of audit requirements (e.g., NIST, PCI, HIPPA, etc.)
Undergraduate or Master's Degree in Cybersecurity or related field or commensurate experience
5+ years' experience in cybersecurity
Able to identify, select, track, and report on security metrics
Preferred
Certification of one or more of the following, preferred: ISC2 CCSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, MS Certified Azure Engineer Associate
Company
AdNet/AccountNet Inc.
AdNet/AccountNet, Inc.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase