IT Security Analyst

Remote position

Shift: Monday to Friday - 8am to 5pm (flexible)



As a Security Analyst, you would join the OpCo Digital Cyber Security team. The Global Cyber Security function has overall responsibility for security operations, risk and assurance as well as strategic oversight and management of the OpCo information security management system.

The security analyst plays a vital role in keeping OpCo s proprietary and sensitive information secure. You will work inter-departmentally and internationally to identify and support remediation activities across the company s systems, solutions, and programs while recommending specific measures that can improve the company s overall security posture.

The Security analyst is responsible for the operational monitoring activity that ensures the company's digital assets are protected from unauthorized access. This includes reviewing metrics and data to filter out suspicious activity, identifying and mitigating risks before breaches occur across both cloud and on-premises infrastructure and platforms. The security analyst is an integral part of the front-line cyber incident response efforts, including threat detection, threat investigation and response activities in close collaboration with global company SOC.

To succeed within the role, you will have experience in a user-facing position, have a strong hands-on technical and analytical background, good understanding of security principles and concepts and loads of enthusiasm to learn.

What you are to be responsible for:

Security event monitoring, management, and response in conjunction with company SOC and the internal cyber security team (EDR, DLP, XSOAR and other sources)

Contributing to continuous improvement of OpCo s security monitoring capability and Incident response process and automation efforts

Creation of reports, dashboards, metrics for security events and presentation to Management and various stakeholders.

Operating in compliance with agreed SLAs, process adherence and process improvement to achieve operational objectives

Collaborating with operational teams to ensure they are actively engaged in addressing potential security threats that can impact the business, to ensure consistency and viability of the protection mechanisms applied and coverage of the monitoring tooling

Managing the overall vulnerability management portfolio across the OpCo technical domains

Reviewing threat intelligence from external sources, researching emerging threats which may impact the business and articulating actionable recommendations

Contributing to projects that enhance the security posture of the company

Supporting evaluation of 3rd party vendor risks and collaborate with them to meet OpCo security standards

Skills:

Understand the structure and the meaning of logs and events from different sources such as end-point protection, operating systems, firewalls, intrusion detection, email security etc.

Able to perform analysis of security alerts and correlate events to establish context, rule out false positives and evaluate security risk to the business, determine containment action, and identify required preventative measures.

Understanding of cybersecurity best practices, standards

Working knowledge of common threats including but not limited to malware, phishing, ransomware, DDOS, web & mobile application security risks

Working knowledge with patching and vulnerability management practices

Good working knowledge of various operating systems i.e. including but not limited to Linux, MacOS, Windows

Good understanding of network protocols

General understanding of applications, database, middleware, cloud environments

Good Technology and English language skills

Excellent communication & team collaboration skills

Good analytical skills and problem solving

An independent worker who is comfortable working on their own initiative and in collaboration with overseas teams, owning their own time and seeking guidance as needed

Ability to multitask and handle high pressure situations

A strong passion for Cyber Security and to learn and progress within the trade



Experience and Qualifications

Experience in a similar role is highly desirable (3+ years experience)

Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).