L1 Security Analyst, 8 Month Contract

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Security Analyst at Kobalt.io investigating security incidents and improving SOC services for small to medium businesses. Collaborating with a team in a remote capacity on cybersecurity operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Investigate alerts, analyze the evidence, document findings and raise security incidents as required
  • Prioritization of simultaneous events
  • Create, manage, resolve and transfer tickets per ITSM best practices
  • Address or escalate security incidents, customer enquiries and tool set issues
  • Run, interpret and communicate the results from periodic vulnerability scans of customer environments
  • Create regular reports for customers that include the interpretation of event patterns and suggest improvements to their security posture
  • Work with team members to assist with improvements, discovery and production of creative and insightful security use-cases
  • Participation in a 24/7 shift rotation is required

Requirements:

  • Diploma or Degree in cybersecurity or a related field and/or equivalent experience
  • 1 - 3 years of on-the-job experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC)
  • Experience working with a SIEM tool such as Sumo Logic, Splunk and Azure Sentinel
  • Familiar with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Understanding of On-Premise infrastructure and environments
  • Familiarity with both cloud-based environments, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Understand the incident handling process and ticket handling
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to explain cybersecurity incidents or concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Strong and collaborative team player
  • Adaptive and able to pick up new concepts quickly

Benefits:

  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Opportunities for extension or a permanent role
  • Potential for remote work