Security Technical Consultant

Role: Security Technical Consultant

Local to Sacramento, CA / Pleasanton, CA

Duration 12 months

Deliverables:

• Proactively identify and assess threats to State Funds users, network, and data.
• Monitor and respond to reports of malicious activity.
• Respond and investigate intrusions and security events.
• Demonstrate an understanding of State Funds threat landscape.
• Perform thorough analysis of attacks and anomalous network behavior.
• Provide summarized and detailed analysis and documentation in support of ESEC.
• Perform proficient forensic analysis using security tools and processes.
• Identify Actionable Intelligence by processing Threat Intelligence (TI).
• Demonstrate ability to identify, contain, eradicate, and recover from security incidents.
• Collaborate with State Fund business units, partners, and individuals to mitigate security threats.
• Advise the CISO and ESEC Team on matters involving organizational, strategic, tactical, and security best practices related to forensics and security incidents management.
• Attend meetings/Represent ESEC as a Senior Lead for all security matters.
• Act as Lead/Co-Lead/Backup on assigned ESEC projects.
• Mentor junior staff colleagues.
• Create Standard Operating Procedures and training documents.

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• Minimum of 5+ years of technical experience conducting security incident response and forensic analysis.
• Working experience of obtaining Cyber Threat Intelligence and making the information usable through the security incident process.
• Working experience of applying IOCs to identify threats in current environment and apply information to prevent future vulnerabilities in infrastructure.
• Technical security project management skills.
• Working experience using best practices standards and frameworks: ISO 27001/27002; PCI DSS v4, GLBA; HIPPA/HITECH; NIST 800-53; CIS CONTROLS, NIST CSF; CIS RAM.
• WORKING EXPERIENCE, at a minimum:

• Hardware: Network Switches, Routers, Load Balancers, Servers, Storage Systems, End-User Systems, Mobile Devices, or other devices that enable the organization to complete its mission.
• Operating Systems: UNIX, LINUX, WINDOWS.
• Network: LAN WAN, Internet, Proxy/Filtering, Firewall, VPN, DMZ
• Network Protocols: TCP/IP, SNMP, SMTP, NTP, DNS, LDAP, NFS, SAMBA, etc.
• Databases: Oracle, SQL, MYSQL.
• Cloud Platforms: IAAS, PAAS, SAAS.
• Security Concepts: Encryption, Hardening, etc.
• Security GRC.
• Forensic Analysis Tools.
• Active Directory.
• Programming Languages are a plus.
• Computer Forensic experience a plus.
• Prior SIEM experience a plus.
• Malware analysis skills a plus.

• Experience in managing multiple projects.
• 5+ Years' experience in information security and forensics and/or security incident response.
• CISSP and CCFP or equivalent certification desired (e.g., CCE, CHFI). Other highly desirable security certifications may be substituted for CISSP (e.g., CISA, CISM, etc.)

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