Technical Security Consultant-2021

30 Nov 2024

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Position: Technical Security Consultant Location: Pleasanton - CA Duration: 1 year Job description: Technical Knowledge and Skills:

  • MINIMUM OF 5+ YEARS OF TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING FORENSICS AND SECURITY INCIDENTRESPONSE.
  • WORKING EXPERIENCE OF OBTAINING CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE AND MAKING THE INFORMATION USABLE BY THE SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE PROCESS.
  • WORKING EXPERIENCE IN THREATS IN CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND APPLYINFORMATION TO PREVENT FUTURE VULNERABILITIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
  • WORKING EXPERIENCE USING BEST PRACTICES STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORKS: ISO 27001/27002, PCI:DSS V3; 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 TOCOMPLETE ITS MISSION
    • OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX, LINUX, WINDOWS
    • NETWORK: LAN, WAN, INTERNET, PROXY/FILTERING, FIREWALL, VPN, DMZ
    • NETWORK PROTOCOLS SUCH AS TCP/IP, SNMP, SMTP, NTP, DNS, LDAP, NFS, SAMBA, ETC.
    • DATABASES: ORACLE, SQL, MYSQL
    • CLOUD PLATFORMS: IAAS, PAAS, SAAS
    • SECURITY CONCEPTS SUCH AS ENCRYPTION, HARDENING, ETC.
    • FORENSIC ANALYSIS TOOLS
    • GOVERNANCE, RISK, COMPLIANCE (GRC)
    • VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS
    • PENETRATION TESTING
    • MAINFRAME DB2
    • ACTIVE DIRECTORY
    • ROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ARE A PLUS
    • MUST POSSESS CURRENT CISA AND/OR CISSP CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Skills: The Consultant resource(s) shall possess most of the following skills:
  • Think creatively and critically, analyzing complex problems, weighing multiple solutions, and carefully selecting solutions appropriate to the business needs, project scope, and available resources
  • Provide more in-depth analysis with a high-level view of goals and end deliverables.
  • Remain proactive and complete work within a reasonable time frame under the supervision of a manager or team lead.
  • Plan and manage all aspects of the support function.
  • Extensive knowledge of and proven experience with Information Technology systems, and methods of developing, testing and moving solutions to implementation.
  • Expert knowledge in project management practices and ability to document processes and procedures as needed.
  • Self-motivated/Self-Starter/Proactive, working closely and actively communicating with team members to accomplish time critical tasks and deliverables
  • Ask questions and share information gained with other support team members, recording and documenting this knowledge
  • Elicit and gather user requirements and/or problem description information, and record this information accurately
  • Listen carefully and act upon user requirements
  • Convey and explain complex problems and solutions in an understandable language to both technical and non-technical persons
  • Follow the lead of others on assigned projects as well as take the lead when deemed appropriate
  • Take responsibility for the integrity of the solution
  • Convey and explain complex problems and solutions in an understandable language to both technical and non-technical personnel.
  • Present solutions (technical and non-technical) to management and decision makers.
  • Work collaboratively with other support team members and independently on assigned tasks and deliverables with minimum supervision
  • Experience in managing multiple projects
Deliverables or Tasks The tasks for the Security Analyst include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Act as a primary senior advisor for forensics and security incident response as well as perform daily operational analytical technical security functions such as forensics analyses or security incident response duties.
  • Provide recommendation to improve State Fund's security incident response and forensic capabilities and assist with the implementation of the various security tools (e.g. surety incident ticket processing, forensics system images, forensic tools, etc.)
  • Provide recommendations on how to alleviate future threats and/or advanced persistent threats during post incident review sessions or as needed.
  • Participate and/or lead security incidents leveraging forensic techniques and skills that can detect root causes for the incident, a threat, or advanced persistent threat.
  • Assist and/or drive the implementation of a centralized threat intelligence repository to enhance security incident response capabilities and forensics.
  • Knowledge transfer to and training of State Fund employees including documented training materials.
  • 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.
  • Other duties as assigned when not working on Forensics or Security Incidents such as: assist with phishing campaigns and security awareness reinforcement trainings, etc.
  • Thanks Ramarao Kondapalli Phone: www.softsol.com SoftSol, Inc. |42808 Christy Street, Suite 100, Fremont, CA 94538

    • ID: #23661099
    • State: California Pleasanton 94566 Pleasanton USA
    • City: Pleasanton
    • Salary: $Best in the Market
    • Job type: Contract
    • Showed: 2021-11-30
    • Deadline: 2022-01-28
    • Category: Et cetera