Cyber Threat Specialist

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Degree in information security, Computer Sciences or Technology related field preferred. 7 years of related experience.

Position Purpose:

The Cyber Threat Specialist provides management with a clear picture of threats associated with Business Technology assets in a way that enables them to make well-informed decisions regarding threat management. This is achieved through the effective communication of information collected through various tools, analysis of event and incident reports utilizing both automated and manual methods. The Cyber Threat Spec must also be capable of supervising and guiding the forensics team to include conducting computer forensic investigations, data recovery, electronic discovery and leading an incident response team.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

1. Conducting forensic collections of electronic evidence including information system and network devices for legal, human resources, ethics, and information security.
2. Applying forensic software/hardware applications to analyze digital media, images; determining solutions for recovery of potentially relevant information.
3. Examining and analyzing network traffic, related applications and operating systems to identify potential threats, anomalous or malicious activities to network resources; validating Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alerts.
4. Analyze security data to effectively detect intrusions & attempted intrusions and to initiate and engage the proper resources to mitigate the risk.
5. Providing reports and documents regarding network security incidents details and outcome; leads efforts in troubleshooting problems and recommending vulnerability corrections.
6. Monitoring and improving documentation and reporting processes for cyber incident status and results.
7. Driving the design and implementation of the organizational information security solutions, and continuously enhancing information security approaches and methodologies.
8. Lead incident response team in addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or attack. Must be trained and have experience in incident response procedures and practices .
9. Defining process issues and resolutions; facilitating and overseeing computer forensics processes.
10. Conducting security assessments, penetration testing, and ethical hacking.
11. Identifying, analyzing, and reporting threats or hidden events within the enterprise network by using defensive measures and information collected from a variety of sources to protect data, information systems, and networks.
12. Provides technical and administrative support and performs a range of investigations of information security systems.
13. Perform analysis and investigations using data from firewalls, IPS, VPN, web filtering, SIEM, IDS, email filtering and forensic tools.

Additional Functions:

1. Able to be on call for incidents and problems; also able to work different shifts. .
2. Able to travel as needed. .
3. Proficient in the use of incident response and forensics tools such as FTK, Encase, and Cellebrite. .

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

1. Must have an understanding of cyber forensics, networking, and information security technologies and be able to demonstrate outside-the-box thinking and continuous learning.
2. Experience with the following operating systems: Windows, OSX, IOS, Linux or UNIX.
3. Security Certification such as CISSP, CEH, ACE, EnCE, CCE, Security+ etc. required.

A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer. This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.