Information Security Analyst - REMOTE

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Job Description

Information Security Analyst REMOTE for top tier law firm in Washington, DC. This is a fully remote position but must live within commuting distance to DC, Los Angeles, or San Francisco office. This role is part of the Cybersecurity Operations Team reports to the Director of Information Security & Assurance.
Responsibilities: Monitoring the networking environment for malicious activities, threat detection and response.
Duties: Utilize cyber defense tools to monitor systems to identify malicious
activity. Analyze identified malicious activity to determine potential vulnerabilities, exploitation methods, and potential effects on systems and information if compromised. Analyze suspicious email to determine threats with possible malicious intent. Monitor various cyber threat consoles, and receive threat alerts and event notifications upon detection of malicious/suspicious activity. Detonate suspicious files and URL’s in malware sandboxes and analyze results for actionable tasks. Monitor email content filtering appliances for quarantined messages and files that need to be analyzed for possible threats. Perform event correlation using information from a variety of network sources to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed threat or attack. Perform cyber defense trend analysis/reporting. Triage SIEM notables by investigating network logs to identify potential threats to systems, applications, infrastructure and operational processes.
Position Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH preferred certifications. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an Information Security and/or Cybersecurity professional role. Knowledge of cyber defense practices and cyber-attack techniques across computing platforms. Knowledge of information security policy, standards and industry recognized best practices. Strong interpersonal and written communication skills. Salary is commensurate with experience.