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Description & Qualifications
Description
This position works as part of a Global Security team responsible for managing and leading cyber and information security incidents, as well as maintaining the incident management program. This position demands a candidate who is technically hands-on, organized, action-oriented team player with the ability to prioritize daily work and support on multiple initiatives simultaneously; strong communication and customer focus is required.
Shift Schedule: The ideal candidate will begin working a day shift from 0900-1800, either from 'Sunday to Thursday' or 'Tuesday to Saturday'. Analysts on each shift will eventually be required to rotate for a 30-day period onto a night shift (2300-0800 IST) for their required weekdays, with premium night pay as appropriate.
Due to the nature of the work, you are required to have on-call duties on weekends. The shift timings may change in future as per the team's requirements.
Primary/Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:
• Participate in a 24x7 monitoring capability.
• Triage alerts or events of interest quickly.
• Identify and ascertain accuracy of alert (true positive, false positive).
• Determine initial ticket priority.
• Perform actions as documented or escalate to L2/L3 as required.
• Update tickets as required.
• Produce and dispatch notifications (templates) as required.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in information security, computer science or a related discipline.
• 6 months to 3 years of work experience in IT or relevant Security experience.
• Good anticipation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of the common attack vectors on the network layer, 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) and cyber-attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).
• Advanced training certifications may be advantageous.
• The ability to stay up to date with the latest technology and best practices in information security.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
EEO Statement
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ultimate Kronos Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.
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Disability Accommodation
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