Do you want to work for an American based MSP that specializes in Cyber Security and Networking? They are looking for a contractor to join their team for 6 months to support their growth, with an option for extension at the end of the 6 months. Joining their dynamic team, you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing the security posture of one of their premier clients.
This role will sit within the Detection and Response team. This team is responsible for Building, testing and maintaining threat detection controls. Building, operating and maintaining a mature security operations program and leading investigations on cybersecurity events.
This is a great role for someone who is junior in the cybersecurity world and wants to get hands on experience with a high level team.
Your responsibilities will include:
● Monitor, triage and investigate security threats across systems and networks.
● Help to continuously improve cybersecurity detection and response operations.
● Contribute to Security Operations knowledge base materials (playbooks, runbooks,
etc.)
● Track Security Operations KPIs.
● Participate in on-call rotation for incident response and escalations.
You will need:
● Experience working in a Security Operations program.
● Familiarity and Production experience with AWS/Azure Cloud Security.
● Willingness to learn new Security Operations technologies and skills.
● Experience triaging and investigating cybersecurity alerts.
● Experience with SIEM, EDR and log analysis.
● Python coding familiarity.
Desirable skills to have
● SIEM correlation rule tuning and lifecycle management.
● Experience conducting training and mentoring for Security Operations and Incident
Response.
● Experience with infrastructure-as-code.
● Metrics/Data Analytics experience.
● Experience aligning Security Operations with industry standards including NIST /
SOC2 / ISO.
Compensation:
$65-$75 per hour.
6 month contract with option to extend.