Associate Cybersecurity Analyst

Description

DOT Security’s mission is to improve the security posture of client organizations by providing detection, response, risk management, and compliance services as identified and required. DOT Security will implement processes, technology, and subject matter expert personnel to monitor and respond to client needs in the cybersecurity and compliance space. Working with client organizations, DOT Security will continuously measure and improve internal processes and technology, which will translate to improved services provided to the client.

DOT Security is seeking team members who are passionate about Cybersecurity, detailed-oriented, desire for continuous learning, and enjoys working in a collaborative environment. We provide our employees with a career progression path, that challenges our team to grow as cybersecurity professionals with strong cybersecurity skills. As a member of Dot Security, you will get the opportunity to work from a brand-new, state of the art Security Operations Center (SOC) facility.

What you will be doing:

As an Associate Cybersecurity Analyst, you’ll be on the front lines of defense, working with a highly motivated team that is focused on analyzing, developing, and delivering solutions to stop adversaries. You will be responsible for diligently working on alerts from various defensive security systems/tools (e.g. IDS alerts, firewall, and network logs) to analyze and determine if the alerts represents a threat.

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Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze real-time alerts from our SIEM and other security tools to determine possible causes of such alerts.
• Ability to evaluate and investigate network traffic, read, interpret logs, and packet captures
• Provide timely detection, investigation, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
• Document investigation and analysis actions to effectively communicate information to both internal and external stakeholders
• Evaluate and escalate events and incidents based on established escalation procedures, playbooks, etc.
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack.
• Investigate phishing emails

Things We Are Looking For

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate to non-technical stakeholders
• Knowledge of current threats and vulnerabilities
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Understanding of Information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, virtual private networks, encryption).
• Understanding of Traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
• Knowledge on Authentication, authorization, and access control methods.
• Understanding of Defense-in-depth principles and network security architecture.
• Knowledge on network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.
• Knowledge of Windows/Unix ports and services

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, or Cybersecurity (college degrees may be substituted for two years of relevant work experience)

      AND/OR

• Master’s degree or four years of relevant work experience

Benefits

• Expected salary range of $70,000-$75,000
• 20 days of PTO  
• 12+ paid holidays  
• Flexible Sick Day Policy  
• Paid Parental Leave  
• Comprehensive Health, Disability Life, Dental and Vision Plans  
• 401(K) discretionary match & retirement plans   
• Continued education reimbursement  
• On-going training & development opportunities  

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