Security Analyst – Mid-Atlantic region
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Security Analyst preventing and investigating cyber incidents for GuidePoint Security, a cybersecurity solutions and services provider. Monitoring SIEM, networks, endpoints, and logs across U.S. Eastern Time operations.
Responsibilities:
- Prevent security incidents proactively rather than only responding to them
- Investigate security events using SIEM tools and create, run, and tune SPL queries
- Analyze Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), network traffic, logs, and endpoint data to identify anomalies and threats
- Interpret logs from servers, firewalls, and applications
- Correlate logs across cybersecurity tools to detect threat patterns
- Perform triage, containment, and threat eradication
- Analyze complex situations and formulate potential attack theories
- Use scripting and regular expressions for data parsing and investigations
- Support vulnerability management and scanning activities
- Apply cloud security practices and tools
- Use emerging technologies, including AI tools, to solve problems and improve business outcomes
- Document incidents and collaborate with analysts, IT teams, and external stakeholders
- Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures
Requirements:
- Candidate must currently live in the U.S.-based eastern time zone (EST)
- Experience with SIEM tools and ability to create, run, and tune SPL queries
- Understanding of Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
- Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and similar protocols
- Ability to analyze network traffic and identify anomalies
- Knowledge of endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools
- Experience with antivirus and malware analysis
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and incident response frameworks
- Hands-on experience in triage, containment, and threat eradication
- Ability to analyze and monitor logs and formulate attack theories
- Ability to interpret logs from servers, firewalls, and applications
- Ability to identify patterns and detect threats through log correlation
- Basic proficiency in Python, Bash, and PowerShell
- Ability to use regular expressions (regex) for data parsing
- Understanding of vulnerability management and scanning
- Familiarity with cloud security practices and tools such as AWS GuardDuty and Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Keen observational skills to identify anomalies and patterns
- Ability to collaborate with analysts, IT teams, and external stakeholders
- Ability to remain calm and flexible in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
- Understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Familiarity with emerging threats and vulnerabilities and ability to obtain relevant threat-investigation information
- Experience managing real-world incidents
- Knowledge of forensic tools preferred
- Previous SOC or similar-role experience preferred
- Preferred certifications: CompTIA Security+, GCIH, CISSP, or CEH
Benefits:
- Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only)
- Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA
- GuidePoint pays 90% of employee PPO premiums and 70% of family PPO premiums
- GuidePoint pays 100% of employee HDHP premiums and 75% of family HDHP premiums
- HSA contributions of $850 annually for employees or $1,750 annually for families
- Group Dental Insurance; GuidePoint pays 100% of employee premiums and 75% of family premiums
- 12 corporate holidays
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
- Pet Benefit Option
- Collaboration, mentorship, and guidance opportunities
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