Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascensus is a technology and service platform powering savings plans across America. The Principal Security Operations Analyst will lead operational security activities, including security event monitoring and response, management of security tools, incident escalation, process development, and collaboration with information security and technology teams.
Responsibilities
- Accountability for team’s effectiveness and success
- Establish cross-training within team for availability of SecOps functions
- Security Event Monitoring & Response
- Monitor security events from all tool sources
- Analyze events filtering for false positives
- Understanding of basic network services, vulnerabilities and attacks
- Incident response process and escalation of events
- Work with the security team to enhance and build new processes & procedures
- Contribute to and maintain documented processes around monitoring & response
- Work closely with information security, IT, risk & governance, and facilities teams
- Report on security operations metrics quarterly
- Process phishing email escalations from Associates
- Correlate events with other known social engineering attempts
- Management of Security Solutions
- Build, manage and maintain tools including, but not limited to:
- IAM
- IPS
- SEIM
- Web Application Firewall
- Anti-Virus, Malware and Endpoint Protection
- CASB
- UBA
- DLP
- Web Proxy/Web content filtering
- Vulnerability management
- File integrity monitoring
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Maintain documentation around tools
- Champion the information security tool’s usage to maximize features
- Review access requests around content filtering, removable media and exceptions
- Work collaboratively with the various technology teams to accomplish security objectives
- Assessing and selecting security vendors or solutions
- Identify emerging vulnerabilities and evaluate associated risks
- Assisting in corporate incident response events
- Security testing (vulnerability scans, aspects of ethical hacking/penetration testing)
- Detailed configuration reviews
- Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients
- Our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture
- Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned
Skills
- * Experience managing security tools noted above
- * Experience with monitoring, detecting, and responding activities
- * Knowledge of information security risks, at least technical aspects including working knowledge around remediation
- * Ability to lead, inspire and motivate associates on the team
- * Ability to objectively review the team's work, implement enhancements and monitor quality
- * Strong written and oral communication skills. The ability to communicate effectively (clear, concise and professionally) with all levels within Ascensus
- * Highly organized and able to process and manage inventories of controls and findings
- * Excellent analytical and problem resolution skills
- * Self-starter and able to work independently
- * Persistence and strength to champion initiatives
- * A minimum of 5 years' experience in Information Security or Security Operations
- * Expert level proficiency in MS Office software applications, specifically Word, Excel and Power Point
- * Bachelor's degree plus equivalent work experience required
- * Knowledge of networking preferred
- * CISSP certification preferred
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