Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The security analyst shall be responsible for real time monitoring and response, on security threats and vulnerabilities, that pose against our clients networks. This role calls for a proactive stance on its daily activities, where analyzing large sets of security information, correlated and screened through adequate security tools, plays a major role. As the tip of the spear, your aim shall be to determine root causes for possible alerts and anomalies, providing recommendation to mitigate them, accordingly, using well established policies and best practices to do so.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze security incidents, alerts and events, providing actionable recommendation to address such issues;
• Provide support to ensure rapid resolution of incidents, through an incident response platform, which enables the security analyst to track all communications;
• Maintain a pro-active attitude and a communicative relationship with colleagues, clients and management, providing information throughout the incident life-cycle;
• Pro-actively monitor clients' infrastructure, using specialized security application and private privileged intel feeds;
• Hands on troubleshooting, analysis, and technical expertise to resolve security incidents and client requests;
• Provide comprehensive and accurate reports about incident response;
• Possible participation in after hours on-call rotation;
• Execute vulnerability assessments;
• Optional participation in after hours on-call rotation.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 1+ years of work experience in information security, especially in the fields of security event moniroting, incident response, incident handling or digital forensics;
• Previous experience in troubleshooting day-to-day operational processes such as report generation, data verification, data correlation, etc.
• Understanding of UNIX based operating systems, including system installation / configuration, file system concepts, resource monitoring, user administration, package management, and process control/management;
• Familiarity with protocols and services, such as TCP/IP, SIP , DNS , DHCP , LDAP , SMTP, IMAP, HTTP, SMB, FTP, etc. - Working knowledge of security tools such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, A/V and endpoint security tools, anti-spam, common incident response technology, vulnerability assessment tools, network device and system hardening, etc
• Good scripting and task automation skills; - Autonomy, self-discipline and time management skills;
• Ability to learn and operate in a dynamic environment;
• Solid customer orientation with excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to work as a member of a team;
• Languages:
  • English (Spoken and Written): Mandatory
  • Portuguese (Spoken and Written): Mandatory
  • Spanish (Spoken and Written): Appreciated
• Bachelor or master degree is a plus.
• Technical certifications are a plus.

HOW TO APPLY:  If you have some or all of the above skills and experience, then please apply by emailing your updated CV to [email protected]