Information Security Analyst Job Melbourne area,Florida USA,IT/Tech

Searching for talented Information Technology (IT) Security professional to join the Security Operations Team as a Security Analyst.
This is an operations center staff position that supports the Enterprise Security Operations Center (SOC).
This position is ONSITE in Melbourne, FL.
Applicants must be willing to work rotating shift periods that include evening and weekend rotations.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

Responsible for Tier 1 security configuration hardening, and configuration
Use developed skills, tools, and external resources to validate security-related events to determine validity, exposure or false positive conditions
Ability to retrieve, correlate and analyze event history, configuration files and system logs to assess presence of anomalous events
Produce time-critical, technical reports to management outlining incident and potential mitigation
Communicate with SOC and Network Operations Center (NOC) staff about potential issues, indicators and/or warnings
Troubleshoot and effect restoration of service-impacting issues affecting customer VPN performance
Handle trouble calls from customers and internal network users
Apply baseline security configurations to network equipment to harden or update to meet approved requirement baselines.
Ability to provide on-call support on a rotational basis as needed on weeknights and weekends
Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment to maintain availability and resiliency of network security services to customers.
Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust security clearance

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in IT Security or related field) and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience
Minimum of (1) years' experience in the Information Security field.
Minimum of (1) years' experience in the network engineering fields (Firewalls, Routers, Switches, VPN)

Preferred Additional

Skills:

Understanding of various Operating Systems (e.g Windows, Linux, etc.)
Understanding of system logs and be familiar with log analysis
Understanding of predominant cyber-attack vectors (Buffer Overflow, Phishing, etc.)
Information Security Operations Center analyst experience
CompTIA Security+ Certification or equivalent certification preferred
Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation
Understanding of vulnerability mitigation
Strong written and oral communication skills, be self-motivated and a self-starter, maintain a curiosity and desire to learn, and be able to work well in a team environment

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