Mid-Level Cyber Security Analyst

Our client based in Dallas-Fort Worth is seeking a Mid-level Cybersecurity Analyst to join their team for a 12+ month long-term engagement. You will also have the opportunity to work a hybrid schedule of 3 days onsite/2 days remote.

Leverage the latest technology to solve business problems in a collaborative environment at this Fortune 500 transportation giant. Top technical resources are retained on long-term contract engagements.

Experience:
3-5 years experience preferred

Required skills:

• Critical thinking and analysis
• Strong sense of ownership / Highly curious
• Able to work independently with minimal direction

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

• Standard 3 days on site / Travel occasionally for 2 nights
• Maintain documentation
• Support enterprise logging and analysis solutions
• Analyze Log files for suspicious activity / Analyze event data for suspicious patterns
• Analyze log sources, assess threats, and define alerting criteria
• Develop log policies by creating rules, setting thresholds, and prioritizing alerts based on impact and urgency
• Work with IR Engineering to configure data ingestion, detection rules, and finetune detection
• Work with CIRT to configure incident creation, explore opportunities to enrich incident data, and assign incidents to CIRT teams
• Review policies regularly, address false positives/negatives, and stay updated on technology
• Data extraction / Reporting
• Note: this is not an Incident Response role

Desired Skills (proficient):

• Windows 10 / Windows Server 2019
• Linux Ubuntu 2018
• Scripting (PowerShell, BASH, Python, etc.)

Desired Skills (familiar):

• MySQL
• Anvilogic
• FluentBit

Desired Certifications:

• CompTIA Security+, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.