Responsibilities

• Monitoring networks and systems for security breaches, suspicious activity, and other threats
• Investigating security breaches and other incidents. Writing incident reports and delivering to customers
• Analyzing the effectiveness of security controls, and analyzing network traffic and activity logs for potential threats
• Reporting on security breaches, attempted attacks, and other metrics
• Building security standards and best practices, and developing procedures for incident response and disaster recovery
• Implementing security measures to address vulnerabilities and mitigate risks
• Advising on security enhancements to management and helping users learn about new security products and procedures
• Auditing internal and external security controls
• Verifying third-party vendors' security and working with them to meet security requirements, including reviewing compliance documents such as SBOMs, SOC2, etc.
• Keeping informed about the latest IT security trends and adversary tactics

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of proven experience working in an MSP/MSSP environment in a security analyst role. Alternatively, 2 years of experience as a SOC Tier II analyst or higher
• Expert level understanding of security policy settings within Microsoft 365.
• Expert level understanding of the business impact of policy settings within Microsoft 365
• Understanding of Microsoft licensing and security provisioning available at different licensing levels
• Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, self-starter, and the ability to take the initiative on new and existing projects.
• Excellent Communication & Documentation skills
• Experience with analyzing information from a variety of alerting solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred certifications: Microsoft security certifications or other security certifications - Security+, Network+, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

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