Security Operation Center Analyst III

Top 3 Skills:
Vulnerability Management
Application Testing
Endpoint Security/Incident Response

PROPOSED JOB TITLE: Security Operation Center Analyst III As a Cybersecurity Analyst III the candidate will be responsible for vulnerability management cyber threat identification evaluation prioritization and remediation activities under the direction of the Cyber Security Manager. The candidate will continuously review existing and proposed protections to State of Maine systems networks and software designs and is responsible for analyzing logging alerting data identifying and escalating potential security events. The Cyber Security Analyst will partner with business users to support the integration of cybersecurity protections into business operations and will act as a key member of the Vulnerability Management team.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Deploy manage and maintain enterprise Cybersecurity toolsets Review new systems such as networks and software designs for security risks recommending mitigations or countermeasures and resolving integration issues. Have current and complete knowledge on the Vulnerability Management program to include having Application Scanning experience and an understanding of environmental best practices. Be emersed in industry best practices and standards such as: Vulnerability Life Cycle OWASP Top 10 NIST CISA SANS CVSS Scoring. Develop manage and measure metrics to understand the trends quality and insights from the vulnerability results to facilitate business decisions automation development and update of executive dashboards reports and templates. Assist team members with ticket queue management by taking responsibility for and delegating tickets to the team. Provide a cybersecurity partnership with the business to ensure proper implementation of protections toward current and future projects. Under direction and per procedures perform required tasks and coordinate with IT and Vulnerability Management team and SOC team members. Coordinate architecture and engineering activities with other IT teams as well as internal organizations in an efficient and professional manner. Lead vulnerability management efforts in the detection triage tooling expansion data aggregation and reporting processes tooling and automation. Develop and manage ongoing process improvements and backlog to the entire scan program well coordinating globally to ensure success. Actively contribute to business architecture requirements reporting and analytic configurations and processes ticketing and proposed roadmap tools. Develop crossfunctional team relationships to become trusted point of contact and liaison for inquiries subject matter expert coordinating all issues capability gaps and enhancement requests in the product. In this role this position will assist the Security Operations Center in maturing and developing a vulnerability program. This individual will work with key stakeholders to establish vulnerability and patch management practices to ensure the execution of these functions tighten the security posture within the State of Maine. Fill in other security functions as directed by the Security Operations Center Manager. Uses a reactive approach to security that focuses on prevention detection and remediations of vulnerabilities.

MINMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Years of Relevant Experience: 10 years of information security experience with a focus on risk analysis vulnerability assessment and security testing within an enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of Windows or Linux systems and their associated scripting (PowerShell python bash) languages experience with AWS or Azure cloud environments and will have worked with vulnerability and manual testing following OWASP Top 10 products such as Tenable Nessus Rapid 7 InsightVM HCL App Scan MDVM Qualys Burp Suite ZAP or similar. The ideal candidate will have experience in both application scanning and device vulnerability management procedures. Preferred Education: 4year college degree in computer science or a related field with advanced study preferred; One or more relevant technical security certifications are a plus (GIAC ISC2 CompTIA EC Counsil etc.)