Job Description :
Title- Security Analyst
Location – NYC (Downtown)
Duration – 6- 12months + (potential Right to hire)
Hired Security Analyst will work as Log Onboarding and Data Quality Review Specialist
This position is for a core team member to supplement the firms growing cyber security monitoring function.
Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
Ensures security logs are generated, collected, correlated, and monitored.
Runs log quality review processes, including:
- querying Splunk SIEM to identify garbage data, badly parsed logs, or possible misconfigurations in log reporting.
- Reviewing available logs to confirm there are adequate quantities and content to usefully provide Security Monitoring.
Development of Data Dictionaries for log sources to confirm which fields and values are needed or useful for Security Monitoring.
Review current tooling to identify incremental monitoring opportunities, and communicate needs to engineering teams that support SOC
Engaging in all forms of communications (e.g. phone calls, instant-messaging, web page updates) to ensure log onboarding, review, and data quality analyses are efficient and involve appropriate application managers
Producing training documentation and process documentation.
Recommending then implementing approved program improvements.
Required Experience:
Minimum 2-4 years security analysis background
Sold infrastructure background
Experience in Splunk- running queries and able to interpret
Information security, enterprise architecture/infrastructure, some program management
Ability to juggle with multiple vendors/customers.