Info Security Analyst

Seeking a Tier 2 "Senior" Cyber Security Analyst to join our County of Orange Security Operations Center (SOC) team. The core mission of the SOC is to protect County assets, systems, and data against cyber threats.

Responsibilities

• Proactively monitor security events for networks and systems.
• Mentor and guide T1 SOC Analysts.
• Identify, investigate, and report on potential Security Incidents.
• Support risk and vulnerability assessment at the network, system, and application level.
• Support cyber metrics development, maintenance, and reporting.
• Support cyber threat intelligence development and reporting.
• Support routine identification, development and implementation of automation tasks.
• Proactively develop, recommend, and implement security controls and formulate operational risk mitigations along with assisting in security awareness programs.
• Research, evaluate, and recommends new security tools, techniques, and technologies and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy.
• Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools and processes/procedures to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions.
• Assists in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NIST) and makes recommendations on process tailoring.
• Performs analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards.
• Periodically conducts a review of each system's audits and monitors corrective actions until all actions are closed.
• Routinely provide briefings to senior staff.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 2 years of related experience required; 4 years of related experience is highly preferred. Additional experience can be substituted in lieu of education.
• Preferred Certifications: CySA+, SecurityX+, GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), or similar industry-related certification(s).
• Must be able to pass the LiveScan background check, CSS Department review, and Probation Department review.
• Must be able to pass a Drug Screen.

Skills

• Professional experience with programming languages such as Python, C++, JavaScript.
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies.
• IDS/IPS, Firewalls, and Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware technologies.
• Incident Response.
• Vulnerability Management.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing security alerts via Sentinel Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (experience with other SIEM tools would be acceptable).
• Demonstrated response, exposure to, and partial or full ownership of Security Incidents.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the full Incident Response cycle: Identification, Protection, Detection, Response, Recover.
• Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures for the SOC.

Pay

The pay rate for this role is $38.00 - $40.00 per hour. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law.

Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages, which may include:
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment.
  • 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave.
  • 401(k) plan participation with employer match.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Dependent care flexible spending account.
  • Accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance.
  • Accommodations and reimbursement for work travel.
  • Discretionary performance or recognition bonus.
• Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.