Senior Cyber Security Threat Specialist

Senior Cyber Security Threat Specialist
Concord, CA (Hybrid 3 days onsite (Tues, Wed, and Thurs) and 2 days WFH)
6 Months

Top Things: Teamwork, Curiosity, Tenacity

*Local Candidates Only*

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday (day shift) 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
*Client laptop will be provided. In case of potential delays, the worker may use their personal device and get connected via Citrix*
*All other equipment must be provided by the supplier*

Department Overview:

• Responsible for the delivery of information security services including intelligence research, threat assessment, security event monitoring/analysis, vulnerability management and security tool administration in support of client’s enterprise security goals and objectives.
• Cyber Threat Specialists use a variety of commercial and custom tools and processes to provide the information security services mentioned above.
• Cyber Threat Specialists are experts in the operation of these tools and have the ability to design improvised solutions on the fly when dealing with active threats.
• Cyber Threat Specialists produce metrics and statistics that feed complimentary processes in client’s such as risk assessment, patching, anti-virus, firewall management, etc.
• Cyber Threat Specialists are very technically skilled and have the ability to work successfully with other technical teams within client’s IT department and beyond.

Position Summary:

• The Monitoring & Response Team (also known as M&R) is the 24x7 security operations team that is essentially client’s first line of defense that is continuously preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events to improve the organization’s security posture.
• The Monitoring & Response Team is built with the foundation of a standard SOC but operates differently by utilizing Threat Intelligence in our daily investigations of security events.
• The Monitoring & Response Team also operates in a proactive/reactive manner to maintain the highest level of efficacy in their tasks.

Job Responsibilities

• Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required
• Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams
• Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources
• Provides hunting/analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise/breach
• Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to discover the source of anomalous security events
• Assists in performing basic research internally and externally
• Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools
• Develops a strategy to implement work in department

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

Desired:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• IT-Information Technology Security certification

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $65.00/hr – $80.00/hr.