Cyber Defense Analyst: Incident Response & IAM

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a cybersecurity operations professional to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to incidents affecting the DHMS program’s information systems, networks, and data. You will implement protective measures and work with IT, operations, compliance, and risk teams to ensure IT cybersecurity requirements are met.

Required qualifications include an Associate’s Degree and 3–5 years in cybersecurity operations, plus experience with security

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree and 3–5 years in cybersecurity/information security operations.
• Fundamental understanding of cybersecurity principles and security tools.
• Experience conducting security assessments and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently or on a team.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, detect, investigate, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity incidents affecting DHMS program information systems, networks, and data.
• Implement protective measures and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with IT, operations, compliance, and risk management teams to ensure DHMS IT cybersecurity requirements are met.
• Conduct security assessments using tools such as firewalls and IDS/IPS.
• Develop documentation supporting data security best practices.
• Support application and server security activities, including identifying web vulnerabilities and secure coding practices.
• Apply knowledge of identity/access management and secure operating environment practices.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security assessments

Incident response

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Associate's Degree

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

OWASP Top 10

Unix/Linux

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a cybersecurity operations professional to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to incidents affecting the DHMS program’s information systems, networks, and data. You will implement protective measures and work with IT, operations, compliance, and risk teams to ensure IT cybersecurity requirements are met.

Required qualifications include an Associate’s Degree and 3–5 years in cybersecurity operations, plus experience with security