Network Security Advisor (SOC Sr. Analyst) Job in Mountain View, California US
Job Description
This is a full time employment position with Dell Services - Federal Government.
The IT Security Operations Center (SOC) senior analyst is a full time employment position with Dell Services - Federal Government working in support of our customers on-site at NASA Ames Research Center @ Moffett Field near Mountain View, CA.
The NASA SOC senior analyst will be responsible for analyzing Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and network flow traffic. Be part of a team responsible for identifying, notifying, and responding to security threats to networks. This position requires knowledge in the following information security disciplines: IDS monitoring, incident response, information assurance, computer security best practices, system hardening, vulnerability management, antivirus, firewalls, and techniques for analyzing TCP/IP network traffic and event logs.
Candidate must have demonstrated ability to perform the following: take the lead for IDS signature reviews and ensure new signatures are reviewed and pushed to the analysts consoles in a timely manner; Compile weekly and monthly reports - 1 hrs/week for weekly; 1 hrs/mo for monthly; work on console as a SOC analyst at least 2 days a week; be able to use all SOC tools (IDS, packet capture, incident management, etc.) system, and follow SOC processes; support SOC Threat Manager in investigations of coordinated, large scale, and/or targeted attacks; participate in the training of new staff and contribute to new training procedures; support the SOC technical lead to recommend new incident use cases; and work with the SOC tools development teams to increase the efficiency and usability of the security incident manager, incident ticketing system, packet capture, and other SOC tools.
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Required Skills
* Thorough understanding of network protocols and routing
* Thorough understanding of commonly used network services - DNS, mail, web, etc. as well as less common network services
* Perform packet analysis and be able to identify malformed packets
* Be able to analyze the payload of the packet
* Know the type of traffic that should be seen into and out of the most commonly used ports and be able to identify deviations from the norm
* Define the relationship between seemingly unrelated events
* Create rules and modify filters in various software (IDS, network flow, etc)
* Understand differences between various operating systems - which OS an event came from and which OS is vulnerable to a certain attack
* Determine if new correlated file meets incident criteria
* Scripting language (Python / Perl / Shell) scripting ability a plus
* Must have the ability and willingness to work in a 24/7/365 shift environment
and IMS.
Desired Skills
Education
Requires a Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Security certifications a plus (e.g., CISSP, GIAC)
Experience
6-8 years of related cyber-security experience with 3 years in a SOC environment
Requirements
office/computer environment
Hazards
none
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