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L3Harris Technologies · 5 days ago

Senior Associate, Information Security Systems Engineer

Melbourne, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

2+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is a leader in the defense industry focused on delivering end-to-end technology solutions for national security. They are seeking a Senior Associate, Information Security Systems Engineer to join their Security Operations Team, responsible for monitoring security events, managing security infrastructure, and ensuring the resilience of network security services.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Security InformationEvent ManagementIncident detectionInvestigationVulnerability mitigationCompTIA Security+ CertificationLog analysisOperating SystemsCommunication skillsSelf-motivatedTeamwork

Required

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

Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust security clearance

Preferred

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