IT Security analyst

Stellar Professionals • Contract • Dimondale, MI, US • 3m ago

We have an opening for the IT Security analyst role in Dimondale, MI

Interview Process: Onsite

Work Location: Dimondale, MI

Work Arrangement: Hybrid Candidates must be currently local within a commutable distance, no more than 1-1.5 hours. The manager is not interested in candidates who would need to relocate to accept the role. The position will be hybrid, in the office 2 days a week upon start.

Shift: EST

Applicant must have 5+ Years of experience with the following:

Supports vulnerability management scanning and reporting tools (requires strong Linux, Windows and/or UNIX administrative knowledge for troubleshooting).
Automates processes with scripting such as bash, PowerShell, and Python.
Parses logs in an automated fashion using Grep, AWK, Sed, etc.
Creates integration of vulnerability management data with other State of Michigan enterprise services.
Conducts data analysis of vulnerability management data, often integrated with other data sources, to measure effectiveness of vulnerability remediation. Data analysis tasks include large datasets, which include structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
Interfaces with other agencies to make recommendations on how to improve the security posture and reduce the number of security related vulnerabilities.
Conducts trend analysis, creates dashboards using data scripting to provide metrics on the performance of security responsibilities, controls, and creates new reports based on those collected metrics across multiple agencies.
Plans, schedules, implements, and maintains scalable vulnerability scans using modern vulnerability management scanning tools for high complexity devices.
While ensuring safe and timely scanning that has minimal/no impact on scan targets and provides troubleshooting of technical issues with scans.
Conducts internal vulnerability audits of servers, network devices, applications, and other devices.
Reviews and validates security procedures to ensure adequate security procedures have been developed to identify and classify cyber events.

Required Skills

5+ years’ experience in IT Security
Extensive experience with vulnerability management scanning and reporting tools.
Experience with Linux, Windows, and Unix.
Experience with PowerShell and Python.
Experience with log parsing using - Grep, Sed and/or AWK.
Preferred experience with SQL ETL.