Security Analyst

InfoStride; South Carolina; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

InfoStride is seeking a Security Analyst - Consultant to support day-to-day cybersecurity operations across on-premises and cloud environments. The role emphasizes monitoring, incident investigation, and security engineering initiatives in Columbia, SC.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of network security experience, hands-on IT/security administration, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with strong knowledge of firewalls, routing, switching, and log analysis.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of network design, implementation, or support experience.
• Hands-on IT security or system administration experience.
• Knowledge of secure network design, firewalls, routing/switching, and network monitoring.
• Experience analyzing logs, alerts, and network telemetry.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate network security alerts and threats.
• Support routing, switching, firewall, IDS/IPS, and network security operations.
• Analyze logs, network traffic, and security telemetry.
• Perform network security assessments and firewall rule reviews.
• Support vulnerability scanning and network auditing.
• Assist with cloud and on-premises security projects.
• Support compliance with NIST, HIPAA, FISMA, ARC-AMPE, and SCDIS-200.
• Work with technical teams to implement security controls.

Skills

Network security

Log analysis

Network monitoring

Routing & switching

Security operations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

IDS/IPS

Firewall management

Job description

Location: Columbia, SC – 1801 Main Street

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Candidate must be local to South Carolina.

Client is seeking a Security Analyst - Consultant to support day-to-day cybersecurity operations, network security monitoring, and security engineering initiatives. The role will investigate network alerts, assess firewall and infrastructure changes, analyze network traffic, and support security controls across on-premises and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and investigate network security alerts and threats.
• Support routing, switching, firewall, IDS/IPS, and network security operations.
• Analyze logs, network traffic, and security telemetry.
• Perform network security assessments and firewall rule reviews.
• Support vulnerability scanning and network auditing.
• Assist with cloud and on-premises security projects.
• Support compliance with NIST, HIPAA, FISMA, ARC-AMPE, and SCDIS-200.
• Work with technical teams to implement security controls.

Required:

• 3–5 years of network design, implementation, or support experience.
• Hands-on IT security or system administration experience.
• Knowledge of secure network design, firewalls, routing/switching, and network monitoring.
• Experience analyzing logs, alerts, and network telemetry.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.