Information Security Analyst jobs in New York, NY

Position: Security Monitoring Analyst

Location: Remote (10% travel to Long Island, NY)

Duration : Fulltime

Responsibilities:

· Streamline the Alert triage process to optimize resource allocation, ensuring critical security alerts are prioritizes and addressed promptly.

· Incident Detection & Enhancement: Achieve measurable improvements in the detection of security Incidents, reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) and enhancing ability to identify and respond to emerging threats.

· Responsible for ensuring all the relevant logs are ingested and analysed in the SEIM as well as alerts are regularly reviewed and tested.

· Create and monitor a baseline of network activity and expected data flows for users and systems to detect cyber events.

· Analyse events to understand attack targets and methods through event data which is collected and correlated from multiple sources and sensors to determine impact of events.

· Set incident alert thresholds for both network, cloud, mobile as well as personal activity.

· Identify, investigate, prioritize and resolve issues as events come into SOC.

· Identify and monitor all applications, systems and assets on the network.

· Implement KPI/KRI metrics for continuous improvement as well as information regarding overall Cybersecurity Hygiene of the environment.

· Managing the event monitoring and triaging processes to detect and respond to events quickly and efficiently.

· Perform correlations to improve event tracking and incident detection processes.

· Provide IT MSSP with oversight and support through event triaging and escalations.

Skills and Experience:

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, Engineering or related discipline with 4 years of experience in Information Security.

· Proven experience in Cyber Security Monitoring, Incident detection, or a relayed cyber security role.

· In-depth knowledge of Security monitoring technologies, including SEIM, IDS/IPS, and endpoint detection solutions.

· Experience with Threat Intelligence platforms a plus.

· Relevant certifications such as GCIA, CompTIA Security , CISSP or equivalent is desired.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience level:

• 6 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Incident Detection: 8 years (Preferred)
• Cyber Security Monitoring: 8 years (Preferred)
• Security monitoring technologies(SEIM, IDS/IPS): 8 years (Preferred)
• Network security/ Firewalls: 8 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• GCIA (Preferred)
• CompTIA Security (Preferred)
• CISSP (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote