Sr Information Security Analyst; Onsite

Position: Sr Information Security Analyst (Onsite Role)
The Sr Information Security Analyst will analyze and monitor the organization’s cybersecurity measures; respond to actual penetration attempts by malicious hackers.

This position will be located in Springfield MO, Remote work is not an option

Responsibilities and Duties:

Lead the continuous monitoring and tuning of firewalls, IDS/IPS, and SIEM platforms to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced persistent threats and emerging attack vectors.

Perform advanced log correlation and forensic analysis across multiple systems, identifying complex threats and initiating appropriate mitigation strategies.

Serve as an escalation point for complex security incidents, overseeing end-to-end incident response including investigation, containment, eradication, and post-incident review.

Develop and maintain incident response playbooks, tabletop exercises, and threat simulations to improve the organization's detection and response capabilities.

Drive continuous improvements in security monitoring and detection by identifying SIEM content gaps, recommending new use cases, and integrating threat intelligence feeds.

Participate in threat hunting initiatives to proactively detect adversaries and indicators of compromise (IOCs) within the environment.

Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.

Provide fault isolation and resolution for complex challenges to limit and address issues promptly. Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard.

Help develop procedures for organizational security compliance and monitor their implementation.

Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. Or identify, within the team, patterns of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Skills:

Required:

Applies comprehensive knowledge / skill, acts with independence and provides guidance and training to others.

Implements transaction security and computer/network virus protection.

Maintains system/service and information security, integrity, compliance and continuity.

Ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.

Determines and analyzes trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making.

Creates clear, comprehensive, effective, and user-friendly guides, manuals, narratives, and reports that convey complex technical concepts, using documentation tools to craft structured and visually appealing content that meets the intended purposes.

Acquires, organizes, protects and processes data in order to fulfill business objectives.

Understands and effectively uses standard office equipment and standard software packages to support business processes.

Creates reports, and reviews reports created by others, for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports.

Preferred:

Controls access to, servers, systems, and computers.

Proficiently uses and troubleshoots a wide range of IT hardware, software, and network systems to ensure optimal performance and user experience.

Understands, evaluates, uses, and engages with digital technology and information, as well as creates and shares digital content, while being aware of essentials like safety,…