Cybersecurity Analyst

Job Title: Cybersecurity Analyst (On-Site)

Department: Information Systems

Reports To: Cybersecurity and Compliance Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of mitigating threats.

• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
• Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of the system to identify malicious activity.
• Document and escalate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment.
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information.
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings).
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine probable causes of such alerts.
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
• Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts.
• Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata.
• Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices.
• Identify applications and operating systems of a network device based on network traffic.
• Be accessible via company phone and email 24/7 in case of emergency.

CORE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Ability to apply cybersecurity, privacy principles, computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies to assess and counter potential threats before they occur.
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
• Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
• Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
• Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions.
• Knowledge of cyber defense and information security policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Knowledge of the common attack vectors on the network layer.
• Knowledge of Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) tools and applications.
• Skill in collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources.
• Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption).
• Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITILv4]).
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.
• Knowledge of network traffic analysis methods.
• Knowledge of new and emerging information technology (IT) and cybersecurity technologies.
• Knowledge of different classes of attacks (e.g., passive, active, insider, close-in, distribution attacks).
• Knowledge of cyber attackers (e.g., script kiddies, insider threat, non-nation state-sponsored, and nation sponsored).
• Knowledge of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools and their capabilities.
• Knowledge of what constitutes a network attack and a network attack's relationship to both threats and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of how to use network analysis tools to identify vulnerabilities.
• Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.
• Skill in performing packet-level analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years experience in identifying, detecting, and combating active and potential cybersecurity threats in a SOC/NOC environment.
• Recommended Certifications: Security+, CSSP Analyst, CCNP Security, Server Platform
• Certifications (Microsoft, Linux), Cloud Security Certifications are a plus
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of individual personalities constructively and professionally.
• Interface with security analysts from government and non-government entities to conduct joint cyber security mitigation activities.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills while interacting with users on a layman level.
• Demonstrate honesty, integrity, and respect for others, while being flexible and open to change.
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of individual personalities constructively and professionally.
• Experience in the Airline industry a plus.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, write and understand spoken and written English. Ability to write business reports and correspondence. Ability to clearly give verbal and written direction to assigned Information Technology staff.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee needs to meet to successfully perform the job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stand; walk; talk or hear; and use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work performed is primarily in an aircraft maintenance facility setting. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.
• Protective shoes may be required in certain areas.