Vigilant · 3 weeks ago
Cyber Security Analyst
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid LevelVigilant is hiring a Security Analyst to join our Security Services team. In this role, you will ensure the assessment of information security events and incidents across Vigilant's client environments and collaborate with a team of skilled analysts to address complex problems.
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNetwork Security
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
The SOC Analyst provides incident detection and response services for our CyberDNA managed Network Security Monitoring service. This role performs and participates in proactive hunts to identify anomalous activity indicative of active compromise, previous compromise, misconfigurations, or other notable observations to support the protection of our customers' environments
When not hunting, this role triages and investigates alerts generated from multiple detection technologies & takes necessary action to identify, scope, and guide customers to a rapid and successful remediation
You will use your knowledge of Information Security to monitor SIEM and logging environments for security events and alerts to potential (or active) threats, intrusions, and/or compromises
You will work to understand the global threat landscape by working with Vigilant Cyber Threat Intelligence team to maintain awareness
You will assist with containment of threats and remediation of environment during or after an incident
You will leverage your knowledge to write comprehensive reports of incident investigations
Engage with other teams to ensure detections are working as intended
Provide feedback to the Threat Detection team regarding the logic of existing detections to reduce false-positive rates, and align them more consistently with their intent
Ensure that security-relevant data is flowing to appropriate systems
Collaborate across teams for training, development opportunities, and service improvement
Ensure that documentation, workflows and processes remain accurate and up-to-date
Qualification
Required
Expert at analyzing and dissecting PCAP data to validate security events, interpret network traffic, and extract indicators
Skilled with data collection, log analysis tools, pattern recognition, and managing dashboards
Baseline knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools, and general network architecture
You have a passion for learning
You possess a demonstrated ability to speak with people with varying knowledge in IT Security concepts and can tailor your message to the audience
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to see things through the customer's eyes
Tremendous attention to detail
Eligible to work in the United States without company sponsorship
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security or related discipline is required or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Prior SOC/CSIRT experience in a 24x7 watch desk environment preferred
Experience using industry standard EDR tools and platforms including (SentinelOne, Carbon Black, Crowdstrike, Defender ATP)
Strong knowledge of attacker tools, malware families, and known threat actor/group TTPs
You have a deep understanding of Incident Response framework, root cause analysis
Capability to look at a process to identify opportunities for cycle-time reduction
Experience hunting for unknown threats, as well as tracking existing campaigns and adversaries
Experience providing managed NSM services to multiple customers is a plus
Hands-on experience with firewalls, routers, and other security appliances
Company
Vigilant
Vigilant is a cybersecurity company that identifies, isolates, and mitigates threats.
Founded in 2010
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Chris Nyhuis
President and CEO
Miguel Lopez
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2023-06-05
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