OT SOC Analyst

You Are passionate about security, love what you do and have a genuine desire to outsmart the bad guys. You have the experience to analyze a clients' security posture, anticipate security requirements and help find right-sized solutions based on industry leading practices. You have a proven track record working successfully in a fast-paced, agile environment. You're a creative, analytical problem solver with above average documentation skills who can speak to both technical and non-technical audiences. You are eager to put your skills to use by helping us help our clients inject security at every level of their organization.

The Work

The ideal candidate for this position will be knowledgeable regarding cyber security standards and technologies, specifically focused on infrastructure within a control system environment. This position will provide the opportunity to work in a dedicated OT SOC environment with a focus on threat identification, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence fusion. Candidate will be a part of a highly collaborative, dynamic, responsive, and agile team providing incident response and cyber defense services to IT & OT infrastructure.

This role is primarily responsible for system based defense to support forensic analysis of compromised devices, endpoint log analysis, development, delivery, and enforcement of response and remediation activities across the organization. Candidate will also be responsible for development of advanced mitigations to ensure defensive resiliency. Daily activities will include collection and analysis of potentially compromised systems, malware analysis, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts. In this role, the candidate will work multi-functionally in a diverse teaming environment with various internal points of contacts and handoffs.

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Qualifications

Typical responsibilities:

• Monitor relevant cyber threat feeds (DHS, ISAC's, Paid Threat Intel feeds, etc).
• Analyze internal data feeds from alerting and monitoring tools to detect and prevent malicious adversary actions and misconfigurations.
• Maintain knowledge of adversary activities, including intrusion tactics, attack techniques and operational procedures.
• Stay apprised of typical threat actor Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP's) and design appropriate defense and mitigation strategies.
• Professionally communicate information related to breaches, intrusions, or compromised infrastructure or systems to appropriate stakeholders and assist with the recommended defense and mitigation strategies.

Minimum Requirements:

Five years of combined experience performing cyber security analysis and incident response activities.

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous experience supporting cyber defense analysis of Operational Technology (OT) Networks to include Integrated Controls Systems (ICS), SCADA, and Process Control Networks (PCN).
• Previous experience working in Security Operations Centers.
• Relevant certifications (Security +, CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GMON, GICSP, GRID, etc.)
• Hands on experience working with Incident Response and Cyber Threat Intelligence functions.
• Previous experience working with analysis techniques, identifying indicators of compromise, threat hunting, and identification of intrusions and potential incidents.
• Previous experience working with various SIEM technologies.
• Previous experience working with network tools and technologies such as firewall (FW), proxies, IPS/IDS devices, full packet capture (FPC), and email platforms.
• Bachelor's Degree in an IT related field.

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