Soc Analyst Jobs

Macro Pros has an immediate opening for a SOC Analyst. The contract is 5 years supporting National Institutes of Health (NIH). The position is primarily tele-work with four days per week remote and one day on-site in Bethesda MD. Must be a U.S. Citizen and currently live in metro Washington, DC.
Detailed Role Description: The role requires a deep understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, firewall technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems, VPN technologies and encryption standards.
Key Responsibilities:

• Utilize various security tools including Tenable Security Center, Symantec DLP, Netsparker, Penetration Testing, Service Now, Web Application Security, Data Loss Prevention, Incident Response, Forensics, Security Tool Evaluation, and Endpoint Protection (Cylance).
• Tenable Security Center (Tenable.sc) is strongly desired.
• Critical technologies –Splunk is required.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory compliance directives, including various NIST and NIH security controls and monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Communicate and report to stakeholders on security-related documents and status updates.
• Assist in the development, implementation and oversight of SOC standard operating procedures used to guide daily activities of the operations center.
• Manage incident response efforts and assist in investigations into security breaches.
• Monitor and analyze security threats and vulnerabilities and implement appropriate counter measures.

Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of the various industry standard cyber security disciplines and generally accepted practices governing the present-day cyber security industry.
• 2+ Years of experience incident response services within an enterprise network security environment.
• Strong understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, firewall technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems, VPN technologies and encryption standards.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Information Technology or related disciplines; or have equivalent and direct experience with the management, operation, and direction of a network and/or security operations center - CISSP, CISM, or GCIH certifications are desired.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance directives to include various NIST and NIH security controls and monitoring and reporting requirements.