Due Diligence Cyber Security Analyst
Progressive Drilling Concepts LLC
AWSAzureCloudCyber Security
Senior Information Security Analyst
DLA Piper
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington • Maryland, Texas, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $92,637 - $134,438 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
CloudCyber SecurityDNSFirewalls
About the role
- Identify, investigate, and address both internal and external threats.
- Collaborate with the IT department to maintain security controls, including tuning detection systems and updating control policies.
- Manage relationships with security operations vendors.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of security analysts.
- Drive initiatives for advanced threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management.
- Evaluate and improve various information security program functions at the Firm.
- Review Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) systems, including regular reporting of metrics and ongoing investigations.
- Investigate security incidents and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Ensure effective Endpoint Threat Detection and manage Next Generation Firewalls and/or Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity or similar fields.
- Master’s Degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity or similar fields preferred.
- Professional-level industry certification (e.g. CISSP, GIAC, SANS, etc.) preferred.
- 7 years’ working within Cybersecurity field.
- Proficient in both verbal and written communication, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical abilities with keen attention to detail, essential for identifying and addressing security events.
- Skilled in identifying, triaging, and analyzing security events using Security Information and Event Management systems.
- Deep understanding of incident response processes and methodologies.
- Familiarity with scripting languages to automate security operations and enhance the incident response process.
- Demonstrated understanding of the methodologies used by attackers, which supports proactive defense measures.
- Solid grasp of intrusion detection systems, AI-based attack detection and prevention strategies, and SOC (Security Operations Center) operations.
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and security considerations in a cloud environment.
- Familiarity with core infrastructure components such as DNS, Active Directory, and Exchange.
- Prior experience with security tools like Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks is desirable.
- Experience in professional services sectors such as legal, finance, or consulting is preferred.
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
information securitycybersecurityincident responsevulnerability managementsecurity information and event management (SIEM)endpoint threat detectionintrusion detection systems (IDS)scripting languagesAI-based attack detectioncloud security
Soft skills
technical leadershipmentorshipanalytical abilitiesattention to detailverbal communicationwritten communicationcollaborationrelationship management
Certifications
CISSPGIACSANS
