Principal Cyber Security Analyst
Senior Perimeter Security Engineer (Principal Cybersecurity Analyst)
The Role
The job involves performing functions related to Network and Perimeter specialized Security Engineers including Email Security, DNS, DDoS, IDS/IPS and cloud security. Looking for an energetic, hard charging individual able to keep up in an exciting and fast-moving security operations team that is engaged in several high-profile security projects to enhance our security posture. The candidate will be immersed in a quick changing environment in a very rapid changing threat landscape, working with numerous security professionals. The qualified candidate must be adaptable and able to work in a fast-paced environment where learning new skills and understanding new system architectures quickly is a key to success.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Technical:
- Strong experience in Email Security, Email and Web Advance Threat Protection, DNS, DDoS, IDS/IPS and cloud security. Analyzing email, DNS and DDoS attack patterns to improve protections. Monitoring for baseline deviations for detecting external threat attacks and automate to proactively mitigate.
- Expert in DMARC and outbound email enforcement.
- Advance experience on Splunk or other SIEM (Security information and event management) Monitoring. Log Analysis Expertise - Email logs, IDS/IPS, NetFlow and Packet Analysis
- Perimeter and cloud security Expert with an outstanding understanding of the latest practices and trends in edge security.
- Reviewing policy enforcement change requests; interviewing submitters who have requested security configuration changes and require additional requirements gathering.
- Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, Open Source and a programming language is of substantial advantage
- 7 to 9 years of security experience desired, preferably in a matrix-driven corporate environment.
- Demonstrable experience troubleshooting and simulating Email traffic analysis
- Strong understanding of core networking concepts (e.g. – Email, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, proxy, load-balancing, etc.).
- Functional experience with Splunk, SIEM, or other log aggregation & analysis technologies.
- Experience with cloud solutions such as AWS or other IaaS/PaaS/SaaS environments.
- Ability to interact with both technical and non-technical staff, including management and executives, with experience articulating technical material in business terms.
- Functional understanding of network controls and policies to stop cyber threats.
- Familiarity with external facing security controls that can stop external attacks that may occur
- Familiarity with criminal activities and the attacks that may occur in each layer of the OSI model.
- Ability to make information security risk determinations based on intelligence analysis.
- Understanding cyber threats, malicious cyber threat actor motivations, and capabilities relevant to regions of interest.
Behavioral
- Positive personality and can-do attitude; you also have good communication skills with an excellent command of the English language.
- Open-minded, empathic and a team-mate with a partnering approach and an enthusiastic and motivated personality, with demonstrated experience in solving complex challenges
- Intellectually curious and therefore remain abreast of new technologies and developments relating to technical products that might be used enterprise wide and software delivery methodologies
- Proficient in balancing business partner views and interests
- Team player with excellent interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal)
- Senior technical and non-technical Stake holder management
- skills
Shift timings
Rotational shifts between 8 am to 11 pm (sometimes including weekend)
Education and Certification
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or in lieu of:
- Industry certifications in cyber security incident management, such as, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC and other related credentials.