Title: Junior Cybersecurity
Location: Raleigh, NC, United States
Length: Long term
Restriction: W2 or C2C
Send resumes to krishna.simha@msysinc.com
Description:
Interview Type: Skype *** Very long term project; initial PO till 7/2021 with extensions *** Remote during covid then onsite; candidate must pickup laptop in person for remote work.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Recommended in this Position
- Basic knowledge in relevant areas, such as incident response, intrusion analysis, incident handling, or malware analysis.
- Proven ability to address advanced threats, such as APT, and be well versed in the tools, tactics, and procedures used by such cyber actors.
- Works with data owners and product managers to categorize systems that may process PII, FERPA, FTI data.
- Use Risk Management Framework, Security & Privacy Controls, and CIS Critical Controls, and FedRAMP to evaluate information security policy & architecture, and projects in compliance with state laws.
- Experience with the NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST Security & Privacy Controls, and SANS Critical Security Controls. Analyzes multiple industry standards, policies, and tools to develop expertise in establishing holistic and comprehensive models for organizational security policies and procedures.
- Expanded cybersecurity knowledge of NMAP, OpenVas, Metasploit, Nessus scanner/Security Center, IBM QRadar, email filtering, forensics tools.
- Evaluates Request for Proposals for penetration testing projects, mobile device management, and other projects.
- Uses forensic tool kits and eDiscovery to scan memory and email for various historical information and activity.
- Basic knowledge of various security methodologies, processes, and hardware; including firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS)
- Establish and implement plans to protect data and information systems against unauthorized access.
- Provide analysis and containment of compromised systems and mitigate root cause.
- Basic knowledge of various computer forensic methodologies.
- Knowledge of state/local and federal laws and regulations regarding cybercrime.
- Extensive experience in deploying, maintaining, and utilizing a variety of tools, data-sources, platforms, and applications commonly leveraged in cyber intelligence collection, processing, information management, and analysis, e.g. SIEM, forensic tools.
- Strong written/verbal communications.
- Proven ability to work under stress in emergencies with flexibility to handle pressure coming from all direction at one time.
- Strong customer focus and ability to manage client expectations.
- Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people.
Recommended Qualifications:
- At least 2 years experience as a Cyber Security Analyst/Specialist
- CompTIA Security+ certification
Required skills:
- 2 years of
- Experience working in a cyber security environment.
- Knowledge in relevant areas, such as incident response, intrusion analysis, incident handling, or malware analysis.
- Proven ability to address advanced threats, such as APT, and be well versed in the tools, tactics, and procedures used by such cyber actors.
- Experience with the NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST Security & Privacy Controls, and SANS Critical Security Controls