Security Analyst - Remote (Security Clearance Required)

Posted 29 days ago
$58.8k–122.2k / year
Remote
Full-Time
analyst
infosec
security-engineer

Security Analyst - Remote (Security Clearance Required)

Introduction

Do you enjoy cybersecurity and taking ownership to get the job done? Are you excited about working with cutting-edge security systems? Join our Infosec Security Incident Response team.

Job Summary

Our Incident Response function is the first line of defense against sophisticated cyber-attacks targeting our global environment. As a Senior Security Analyst, you'll work to detect, investigate, and contain security incidents that matter. This will include highly regulated environments such as FedRAMP IL5.

Responsibilities

  • Support and enhance the vulnerability management lifecycle for non-production systems aligned with FedRAMP IL5 compliance requirements.
  • Conduct vulnerability scans, analysis, and reporting activities in test and staging environments.
  • Provide detailed assessments and recommendations to internal teams for remediation activities (remediation is performed by others).
  • Maintain knowledge of vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation strategies relevant to Defense and Federal compliance frameworks.
  • Evaluate potential impacts of identified vulnerabilities and document appropriate compensating controls or mitigations.
  • Triaging scan results to identify true positives, reduce false positives, and support compliance validation processes.
  • Develop metrics and reports supporting internal security visibility and compliance documentation.

Requirements

  • Have a bachelor's degree in Information Security or related field
  • Demonstrate experience with incident response/threat detection
  • Understand common vulnerability management standards and frameworks (CVE, CVSS) and their application to IL5 compliance requirements.
  • Possess technical knowledge of various systems, VMs, cloud infrastructure, networking, and secure configurations relevant to government-grade systems.
  • Demonstrate accountability, analytical skill
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