Cybersecurity Analyst

Cybersecurity Analyst

Rockville, MD

Start date: Immediately

Duration: Approximately one year (2000 hours) with option to extend.

Locals preferred

Job Description:

• Looking for 7-10+ years of overall exp with minimum 5 years experience in Cybersecurity
• Must have programming experience in any language/es
• Plan, implement and upgrade security measures and controls
• Establish plans and protocols to protect digital files and information systems against unauthorized access, modification and/or destruction
• Maintain data and monitor security access
• Perform vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments
• Conduct internal and external security audits
• Write custom code and build Cybersecurity solutions/applications
• Anticipate security alerts, incidents and disasters and reduce their likelihood
• Manage network, intrusion detection and prevention systems
• Analyze security breaches to determine their root cause
• Recommend and install appropriate tools and countermeasures
• Define, implement and maintain corporate security policies
• Train fellow employees in security awareness and procedures
• Coordinate security plans with outside vendors
• Design and implement Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
• Enable AI/ML on the security trend analysis

Skills and Qualifications:

• IDS/IPS, penetration and vulnerability testing
• DLP, anti-virus and anti-malware
• TCP/IP, computer networking, routing and switching
• Firewall and intrusion detection/prevention protocols
• Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems
• Network protocols and packet analysis tools
• C, C++, C#, Java or PHP programming languages
• Cloud computing
• SaaS models
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) & SOC (Security Operations Center)

Education:

• Major (Bachelor of Science) in Computer Science, Engineering and/or related fields

Candidates must provide copies of certifications (if any) and highest education degree certificate.

Interviews:

Please note that both remote and in-person interviews may be required for this opportunity.

Location:

This is an on-site position based in Rockville, MD.

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