Security Analyst

Go Intellects Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech consulting firm is seeking a Security Specialist to maintain and monitor IT infrastructure security. Responsibilities include conducting vulnerability assessments, coordinating project activities, and assisting with troubleshooting. This is a remote position offering a competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Experience with OS, security, and application upgrades of servers.
• Familiarity with monitoring and maintenance of IT infrastructure.
• Ability to assist with Tier I and Tier II troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor day-to-day operation of IT infrastructure security.
• Develop and enforce standards for design and documentation.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and logging analysis.

Skills

Knowledge of Vulnerability Management tools

Security protocols

Log analysis

Troubleshooting skills

Tools

Qualys

Nessus

Job description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
  
  
  

Duties

• As part of the OCFO technology team, the Security Specialist (Infrastructure Group) will be maintaining and monitoring day to day operation of the OCFO IT infrastructure Security.
• The IT Consultant will help and perform monitoring, maintenance, and security IT infrastructure (physical, virtual and cloud).
• IT consultant will perform OS, security and application upgrades of servers and network to keep them up to date.
• IT consultant will develop, implement, maintains, and enforce documented standards and procedures for the design, development, installation, modification, and documentation of assigned systems.
• IT consultant will plan, coordinate, and monitor project activities for OCFO Infrastructure group and duties as assigned.
• Onboarding of Logs from various log sources into SIEM (e.g.: Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Applications, etc.)
• Log analysis of Firewall, AD, Switches, another deployed security products Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools to identify and mitigate issues.
• Perform Vulnerability assessment and having hands-on experience with Vulnerability Management tools like Qualys and Nessus
• Co-ordinate with Patching team and assist them with patching, which should not be limited to software updates.
• Having strong understanding of different security protocols.
• Respond to escalation calls from the Help desk, Desktop support, and other teams to debug and resolve security and perform maintenance.
• Understands security troubleshooting processes and cooperates with another team.
• Assists Service Desk technicians as needed with Tier I and Tier II troubleshooting and patching of desktop systems, software (MS Office, Java, Adobe), printer issues, and server related issues as needed. Provides trouble-shooting assistance on production and non-production supported systems.
• May recommend methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Initiates preventive maintenance for the technical system.
  
  
  

This is a remote position.