TechTalentHunt is hiring: Network Security Analyst in Austin

About the job Network Security Analyst

Application Last date Deadline Date: December 7, 2023 @ 5PM CT

Requirement details:

Internal job ID:TWK_2002

Network Security Analyst

State of TexasAustin, TX 78701
NOTE: Cybersecurity staff are currently primarily working remotely within the Texas state

EXP:10+ years

Public Sector (State / Federal / Local Govt.) Client Experience Preferred

Local to Texas profiles only.

Preferred Certifications: Certification as a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), SANS GIAC Certification, Security+, Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), or comparative cybersecurity professional certification.

Job Description:

This position requires the ability to perform moderately complex (journey-level) cybersecurity analysis work, essential for TDLR to fulfill its mission of service to the citizens of Texas. Work involves protecting cybersecurity assets and delivering cybersecurity incident detection, incident response, threat assessment, cyber intelligence, software security, and vulnerability assessment services.
This position also requires analysis of cybersecurity threat indicators and their behaviors, and research and implement new security risk and threat mitigation strategies, tools, techniques, and solutions for the prevention, detection, containment, and correction of data security breaches; monitoring agency systems, reporting anomalous activity or malicious traffic, and perform cybersecurity incident detection, analysis, and prevention; assist in administration of security tools; and assisting in conducting vulnerability scans of networks and applications to assess effectiveness and identify weaknesses; assist in identifying and evaluating new cybersecurity technologies to identify and remediate vulnerabilities; and providing input on improving network, server, workstation and application security

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Years Required Experience

2 Required Information security analysis work or related IT security work

4 Preferred Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in information technology security, information assurance, computer information systems, computer science, management information systems, or a related field is generally

2 Preferred with a cybersecurity architecture and data flow documentation

2 Preferred with a Vulnerability Management programs

2 Preferred doing web application security scans/assessments

2 Preferred with custom dashboards and/or configurations of SIEM tools

2 Preferred With patching Windows based computers, using WSUS, SCCM or other tools/patch management programs