Security Operations Analyst at RSM US in Chicago, IL

Essential Duties

• Analyzes, evaluates and tests the effectiveness of existing security controls.
• Monitors systems for attempts to circumvent existing security controls by both internal employees and external threat actors.
• Communicates the effectiveness of security controls to IT leadership and the business.
• Execute and improve vulnerability management processes (secure code review, penetration testing, red teaming, vulnerability assessment, etc.).
• Execute and improve threat management and cyber incident response processes (SIEM response, blacklist management, Endpoint Detection and Response management, investigations, etc.).
• Apply appropriate structured analytic thinking techniques to routine operations and to processes for continuous improvement.
• Supports security standards, security architecture, project related work, and other Information Security functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• CISSP
• Critical, structured thinking
• Ability to brief leadership and a variety of stakeholders
• Solid understanding of security applied to OS, applications, networking, cloud, mobile, etc.
• Business Intelligence and Analytics
• Python or other methods to automate and orchestrate
• Applied neural network solutions
• Applied skills in Security Orchestration and Automated Response
• 5+ years’ security experience
• Ability to perform under pressure and handle multiple priorities
• Experience handling significant cyber incidents
• Experience organizing multidisciplinary groups and organizations through security incidents
• Ability to communicate and influence technical IT operators and leadership
• Build, develop, and maintain rapport with IT counterparts
• Set and communicate priorities per findings and incidents

Preferred Qualifications

• CISA, GCIH, CEH, OSCP, etc.
• Master’s degree in relevant field