Job Title: Cybersecurity Technical Analyst / IT Security Analyst
Location: Dimondale, MI (Must be local)
Duration: 12+ Months
Pay rate: $90/HR on C2C / 1099
Job Description:
This IT cybersecurity role will primarily be responsible for assessing cyber hygiene backlog items and both addressing them directly or working with other departments and resources to address them as collaboration and cross-functional work teams. This role will be part of an existing program of work called Cyber Hygiene Program (CHP), managed by an EPMO Program Manager and will receive work direction from both the Program Manager and the Technical Lead
Resource qualifications and responsibilities include:
- General and well-rounded experience in various areas of IT system/network administration
- General and well-rounded experience in various areas of cybersecurity
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Experience communicating the intent and benefits of security control requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter with a high level of resourcefulness to be successful in a large and complex organization
- Assess cyber hygiene backlog items, determine an approach to resolve, and follow through to closure.
Specific Resource Tasks:
- Collaborate with other departments within the IT department to resolve open risks
- Recommend and follow remediation strategies to completion.
- Implement and recommend CIS Controls benchmarks where possible
- Implement best practices for current Active Directory implementation
- Collaborate with Security Architects to implement new processes, guidelines, and best practices
- Gather and analyze data to present recommendations, identify action plans, and track those to completion
- Collaborate with the Security Operations Center to gather data for analysis and response planning
- Continue to stay current on IT security trends and news and communicate with team members and managers
- Research, evaluate, document, and discuss findings with IT teams and management
- Review various findings to provide recommendations to deliver security fixes and improvements
- In-depth knowledge of security issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms required
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and consulting skills with knowledge of Information Security
- Ability to create high quality and comprehensive documentation and related artifacts
- Ability to work both independently and within a team environment