Hybrid Cyber Threat Hunter - 6-Month Contract

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company; Concord (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company in Concord, CA is seeking a Cyber Security Threat Analyst for a 6-month contract with hybrid work. You will join the Monitoring & Response Team, a 24x7 security operations function focused on preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, an IT security certification, and strong threat analysis skills to drive incident response, intelligence-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience.
• IT-Information Technology Security certification.
• Cyber Threat Specialists are experts in the operation of these tools and have the ability to design improvised solutions on the fly when dealing with active threats.
• Cyber Threat Specialists produce metrics and statistics that feed complimentary processes in CLIENT such as risk assessment, patching, anti-virus, firewall management, etc.
• Cyber Threat Specialists are very technically skilled and have the ability to work successfully with other technical teams within IT department and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required
• Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams
• Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources
• Provides hunting/analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise/breach
• Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to Client the source of anomalous security events
• Assists in performing basic research internally and externally
• Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools
• Develops a strategy to implement work in department

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience

IT-Information Technology Security certification

Job description

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company in Concord, CA is seeking a Cyber Security Threat Analyst for a 6-month contract with hybrid work. You will join the Monitoring & Response Team, a 24x7 security operations function focused on preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, an IT security certification, and strong threat analysis skills to drive incident response, intelligence-driven