SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
The Office of Inspector General, Office of the CISO is responsible for securing and monitoring the agency's critical applications and network for the SC Department of Social Services.
The Department seeks a highly motivated individual who has the skills and experience needed to support this Office's mission in protecting the Agency's digital environment.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Position Description – Security Analyst – Project Lead
Candidate should be an expert in security administration and continuous security monitoring. In addition, they should be an expert in performing log analysis, risk analysis, incident response processes, and investigation procedures. This includes experience working in a security operations center and working with security tools including SIEM, EDR, IPS/IDS. Candidate should have experience with data blending and report generation.
Job Duties
• Planning, implementing, upgrading, and monitoring security measures for the protection of computer network security and information – both LAN and cloud based.
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures related to information security and privacy.
• Monitoring and reporting on SIEM and EDR event data.
• Maintaining records of security events investigated and incident response activities.
• Serve as a Tier III security support on the agency's security team.
• Work with and provide mentorship to other information security team members on security strategies, processes, response, and technologies.
• Responding to computer security breaches and viruses.
• Provides incident response support, threat assessment, and computer forensic investigations.
• Coordinate and assist with other Information Technology functions/teams to accomplish agency security objectives
• Creating risk analysis documents when reviewing system functional specifications including use cases, activity, sequence, data flow, collaboration, and diagrams.
• Create security report using complex SQL queries, API integrations, and Power BI.
• Knowledge of blue team tools such as SCAP workbench, vulnerability scanning, and hardening techniques.
• Knowledge of red team tools such as nmap, wireshark, Metasploit, and password crackers.
Requirements REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
• SIEM, EDR IPS/IDS Experience
• Incident Response Experience
• Security Documentation
• SQL
• C/C++
• Red Team experience
• Blue Team experience
• Python
• Powershell
• Microsoft 365 Security Administration
• Microsoft Cloud Service Services
• Microsoft Azure Security
• CISO AMP
• CISO Umbrella
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
• Preference will be given to experienced Security Operation Center (SOC) security analyst.
• SIEM/Log Analyst experience.
• SQL/Scripting (reports and automation) experience.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or other quantitative discipline
PREFERRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Any of the below.
• Security+
• CySa+
• Pen+
• CASP+
• CEH
• SSCP
• CCSP
• CISSP
