RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CYBERSECURITY ANALYST CONTRACTED POSITION
About the Office: The Attorney General is the states top lawyer and law enforcement official protecting and serving the people and interests of Rhode Island through a broad range of duties. Every day the Offices attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the states communities improve the economic security of its citizens safeguard the states spectacular natural resources and restore the publics trust in government. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorneys General represent the people of Rhode Island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts appellate courts and the supreme courts of Rhode Island and the United States. The Office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The Offices attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes but also functionally serve as one of the nations largest district attorneys offices prosecuting all felonies throughout the state.
Role and Responsibilities
Cybersecurity analyst position will support digital forensics threat hunting threat intelligence gathering data analysis producing reports implementing and monitoring security measures for the protection of computer systems networks and information within the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conducts comprehensive analysis to identify and categorize threats encompassing phishing attacks user events data compliance issues and malware attacks.
- Conducts regular audits of user accounts and access to ensure the IAM technology and configured controls directly support CJIS PII policies and other regulatory requirements.
- Management of cloud application security including Office 3NA GSuite and Azure.
- Maintains and monitors the EDR and SIEM environment in addition to other technologies.
- Prepares documentation on the organizations overall state of security offering insights and recommendations for remediation.
- Monitors and identifies patching requirements for network hardware.
- Foster effective communication channels with team members sharing critical information and insights.
- Promotes best practice security strategies to mitigate threats.
- Demonstrates proficient project management organizational and communication skills both written and verbal.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of handson experience with forensic security tools to support detection response mitigation and/or reporting of cyber threats.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Threat Analysis showcasing a deep understanding of threat landscapes and attack vectors.
- Bachelors degree in information technology cybersecurity or related technical discipline or the equivalent combination of education professional training or work experience.
Required Skills
- Previous exposure to Managed Service Provider (MSP) Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) or Managed Detection and Response (MDR) environments.
- Experience with discerning patterns anomalies and issues across diverse threat vectors.
- Experience with various industry best practices and standards regarding cyber security.
- Experience with log aggregation technologies.
Other Information: The selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation including reference checks. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the background investigation.
The Rhode Island Office of Attorney General is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color sex religion sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin disability or covered veteran status.