Seeking a Security Analyst for an onsite Contract opportunity located in Columbia, SC. This candidate must be a US Citizen and a current SC resident.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
The Office of Cybersecurity ensures the confidentiality, integrity and availability
of systems and services. Strong candidate must have hands-on
experience with:
• Data network design best practices
• Routing and switching protocols
• Network security best practices
• On-premise and/or cloud networking environments
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
This is a hands-on technical role reporting to the Office of Cybersecurity SOC
lead. The analyst will support leadership, business units, partners, and vendors in day-to-day cybersecurity operations.
Security Program Experience:
- Performing repeatable security processes supporting compliant enterprise architectures.
- Supporting security considerations for multi-tenant cloud environments and vendor integrations.
Technical Experience:
- Secure network design principles.
- Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.
- Switching and Routing.
- Enterprise Firewalls.
- Network auditing.
- IDS/IPS platforms.
- Network security monitoring.
- SIEM platforms such as QRadar, Splunk (Preferred).
- Vulnerability scanning tools (Nessus, Qualys, etc.).
- Cloud Infrastructure Security (Preferred)
Essential Responsibilities:
- Assist in maturing network security and compliance solutions.
- Investigate and respond to daily network alerts.
- Perform network security assessments for proposed firewall and infrastructure changes.
- Conduct technical analysis for network security planning and engineering.
- Analyze on-premise and cloud networks for potential threats.
- Develop, review, and analyze network traffic reports that violate approved standards governing Ports, Protocols and Services.
- Monitor emerging threat vectors and recommend countermeasures.
- Collaborate with other areas of the agency to implement security controls.
- Support cloud and on-premise network changes and enhancement projects.
- Ensure compliance with ARC-AMPE, HIPAA and SCDIS-200.
- Assist with KPI creation and trend report monitoring.
- Participate in firewall configuration reviews and ruleset recertification.
- Provide guidance on best practices to technical teams.
- Perform additional SOC duties as assigned
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Approximately 3-5 years of hands-on experience in network design, implementation, or support.
- Hand-on experience in IT security or system administration.
- Working knowledge of secure network design, security architecture, compliance tools, data protection, and access models.
- Ability to analyze logs, alerts, and network telemetry.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
- Familiarity with FISMA, NIST, CMS ARC-AMPE, and HIPAA security and privacy standards.
- Cloud network security controls, Azure or AWS.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, information systems, Cybersecurity, or related field;
or equivalent experience
PREFERRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
CISSP or Security+
