Cyber Security Analyst

Location: Concord, CA // Hybrid

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY. The role is hybrid 3 days onsite (Tues, Wed, and Thurs) and 2 days wfh

Duration: 6 Months W2 Contract with high possibility of extension

WORK SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday (day shift) 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.

Job Description:

The Monitoring & Response Team (also known as M&R) is the 24x7 security operations team that is essentially ***’s first line of defense that is continuously preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events to improve the organization’s security posture. The Monitoring & Response Team is built with the foundation of a standard SOC but operates differently by utilizing Threat Intelligence in our daily investigations of security events. The Monitoring & Response Team also operates in a proactive/reactive manner to maintain the highest level of efficacy in their tasks.

Job Responsibilities

• Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required

• Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams

• Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources

• Provides hunting/analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise/breach

• Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to Client the source of anomalous security events

• Assists in performing basic research internally and externally

• Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools

• Develops a strategy to implement work in department

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

Desired:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience

• IT-Information Technology Security certification