Overview:

Pursuing IT Threat Analyst resource with experience with identifying threats from Microsoft TEAMS and/or 0365 deployments and cloud (Azure, AWS) architectures. The IT Security Threat Analyst independently develops, maintains, and implements comprehensive information security monitoring programs including defining security policies, processes and standards for large and complex environments. Perform comprehensive threat analysis and recommends appropriate course of action, mitigation, and remediation. Provide consultative guidance on the development of information security strategies and programs through demonstrated expertise and knowledge of industry trends and changes with respect to advanced and sophisticated cyberattacks and threats.

Responsibilities:

• Independently, proactively and automatically correlates and analyzes threat data from various sources specifically from Microsoft TEAMS and 0365 deployments.
• Subject matter expert in the detection and identification of cyberattack signatures, tactics, techniques and procedures associated with advanced threats.
• Leads assessments and development of cyber threat profiles of current events based on collection, research and analysis of open source information.
• Leads root cause analysis of any monitoring alerts and threats identified by third-party vendor, or internal systems and workforce.
• Once root cause is determined, proposes and leads cross-departmental efforts, if required, to implement appropriate security controls and solutions that will mitigate risk and vulnerabilities, as well as safeguard our systems and data.
• Independently and proactively prepares detailed technical papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for Management and other Technology Leaders.
• Develops and maintains documentation for security monitoring procedures and security diagrams.
• Leads the development of proposed design, configuration, and implementation of security monitoring architecture.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for team members, specializing in network security monitoring, host analysis, and log analysis.
• Creates and leads initiatives to improve security monitoring operations center processes.
• Leads improvements discussions with third-party vendor regarding security monitoring functions.
• Proactively identifies company-wide program opportunities and works to implement solutions. Guides the direction of the overall information security monitoring and threat analysis program

Qualifications:

• Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience IT related field
• 6+ years related work experience in IT Security
• 3-5 years of Security Operations Center Threat Analysis experience
• Experience using Agile methodology
• Experience with identifying threats from Microsoft TEAMS and/or 0365 deployments and cloud (Azure, AWS) architectures.
• Strong technical knowledge of security architecture, tools and controls with specific demonstrated experience in proactive detection, mitigation, and resolution of advanced cyberattacks and/or threats
• Strong technical knowledge of security infrastructure including security firewalls, data loss prevention, encryption, and end point protection appliances
• In-depth knowledge of information threat analysis and detection concepts and principles and impact P

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP - Cert Information Systems Security Prof Or CEH, CISM, CRISC, etc