Cloud Security Operations Analyst (Remote)

SMX; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 73,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement

Job summary

SMX is seeking a Cloud Security Operations Analyst to strengthen the security monitoring of cloud infrastructures for our client. You will guide teams, analyze threats, and develop monitoring solutions while ensuring timely delivery of managed security services.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders and hands-on work across Unix/Linux/Windows environments in a remote-capable setup. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in cybersecurity or cloud, a 4-year degree in a relevant field, and

Qualifications

• Ability to lead and coordinate efforts in small working teams
• Ability to continually learn and enhance capabilities
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing from a technical perspective
• Ability to collaborate with customer stakeholders regarding security capabilities versus threat actor techniques
• Demonstrable understanding of common enterprise applications, infrastructure, and security technologies
• Ability to analyze emerging cyber security threats and applicability to customer environments
• Proactive, self-motivated and target driven for service delivery
• Ability to work within a team
• Skills in presenting and communicating with customers
• Must possess 2+ years cyber security or cloud experience, with a preference for SOC
• Experience with Unix, Linux or Windows operating systems; CLI familiarity
• Cloud or virtualization experience preferred
• Experience with advanced endpoint security tools and incident response
• Scripting language experience is preferred
• Security certifications preferred but not required
• Additional years of experience can substitute for degree
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust and DoD clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve security monitoring capabilities and procedures
• Monitor, triage, and notify clients of potential incidents and tune sensors
• Implement endpoint security policies and rules
• Support operational threat analysis via log correlation and security tools
• Support contingency and incident response activities
• Develop monthly and quarterly monitoring reports
• Recommend improvements and protect customer data
• Write knowledge base documents and SOPs

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Threat analysis

Customer collaboration

Enterprise security

Scripting (optional)

Teamwork

Presentation

Education

4-year degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science

2+ years cybersecurity or cloud experience

Job description

SMX is seeking a Cloud Security Operations Analyst to strengthen the security monitoring of cloud infrastructures for our client. You will guide teams, analyze threats, and develop monitoring solutions while ensuring timely delivery of managed security services.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders and hands-on work across Unix/Linux/Windows environments in a remote-capable setup. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in cybersecurity or cloud, a 4-year degree in a relevant field, and