Senior Consultant 1 (hybrid-remote)

Nanosoft Consulting Talent Page; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is looking for a Senior Consultant 1 for a hybrid-remote role focused on Information Systems Security. The role requires hands-on experience with SIEM solutions like Google Chronicle and McAfee SIEM, as well as a strong background in firewall management, web filtering, and CrowdStrike for incident analysis. The ideal candidate should possess effective communication skills and relevant experience in security regulations and best practices. This is a 7-month contract position based in New Jersey.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in configuring, migrating, and implementing Google Chronicle SIEM.
• 3 years of experience with McAfee SIEM.
• 3 years of experience documenting and provisioning network firewall rule sets.
• 3 years of experience conducting security analysis using CrowdStrike.
• 3 years of experience using Active Directory, Server, and Desktop OS.
• 3 years of experience with TCP/IP protocols.

Responsibilities

• Configure and implement rules, datasets, and APIs for Google Chronicle SIEM.
• Audit firewall rules and network segmentation.
• Implement web filtering solutions using Zscaler ZIA.
• Investigate incidents and alerts using CrowdStrike.
• Work with Active Directory and manage Group Policies.

Skills

Google Chronicle

McAfee SIEM

Firewall rules

Web filtering (Zscaler, Cisco Umbrella)

CrowdStrike

Active Directory

FISMA/NIST Compliance

TCP/IP segmentation

Communication skills

Job description

About the job Senior Consultant 1 (hybrid-remote)

7Month Contract

This is a hybrid-remote role

Overview

Experience in the field of Information Systems Security is required. This role involves implementing and managing SIEM, firewall, web filtering, endpoint protection, and related security controls in a hybrid-remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Significant experience with Google Chronical, McAfee SIEM: configure and implement rules, data sets, APIs, and third-party cloud API integration to ingest logs from sources such as O365, Azure AD, and AWS; migrate and implement McAfee SIEM log data sets to Google Chronical; configure IOC and alerts; conduct searches of raw logs, investigate alerts, assets, domains, users, IPs, and files; use Google Cloud Threat Intelligence; configure and monitor events using rules and run rules against historical data; working experience with YARA-L language.
• Experience with firewall rules, IP addressing, subnets, ports, and VPN: configure and implement firewall rules; audit firewall rules and network segmentation; verify and submit firewall rule requests.
• Experience with web filtering tools, specifically Zscaler (ZIA) and Cisco Umbrella: implement new web filtering solution Zscaler ZIA; test, verify and implement policies; create groups and grant access to groups.
• Experience with NextGen Antivirus CrowdStrike to investigate and remediate incidents, alerts, IOCs, and IOAs.
• Experience with Active Directory (AD), GPOs, security groups, Windows Servers, and Desktop OS.
• Experience in Information Systems Security with working knowledge of relevant FISMA/NIST information security regulations and guidelines.
• Working knowledge of IT security best practices regarding networks, networking including protocol analysis, anomaly detection, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

Required Skill-Set

• Prior hands-on experience configuring, migrating and implementing rules, data sets, APIs, and third-party cloud APIs for the Google Chronicle SIEM.
• 2 years of experience in the above area.
• Prior hands-on experience configuring, migrating and implementing SIEM rules using McAfee SIEM.
• 3 years of experience
• Prior experience documenting, creating and provisioning network firewall rule sets.
• 3 years of experience
• Prior hands-on knowledge and experience conducting security analysis using CrowdStrike in a professional environment.
• 3 years of experience
• Prior hands-on knowledge and experience conducting group policy using Active Directory, Server and Desktop OS in a professional environment.
• 3 years of experience
• Prior hands-on knowledge and experience of TCP/IP segmentation, ports and DNS protocols.
• 3 years of experience
• Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.