Excellent Job Opportunity -Sr. Security Consultant Atlanta GA

Job Title: Sr. Security Consultant
Location: Atlanta GA
Type : DIRECT HIRE
Shift: Wed Sat (11am 10pm EST)

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
·         Monitor incoming event queues for potential security incidents
·         Identify and act on anomalous network activity.
·         Perform hunting for malicious network activity.
·         Perform initial investigation and triage for potential security incidents.
·         Provide accurate & priority driven analysis on cyber activity/threats.
·         Perform payload analysis of packets.
·         Detonate malware to assist with threat research.
·         Resolve or coordinate the resolution (escalate) of cyber security events.
·         Create, manage, and dispatch incident tickets.
·         Monitor external event sources for security intelligence and actionable incidents.
·         Maintain shift logs with relevant activity.
·         Document investigation results, ensuring relevant details are passed to senior analysts and stakeholders.
·         Participate in root cause analysis or lessons learned sessions.
·         Write technical articles for knowledge sharing.
·         Establish and maintain excellent working relationships/partnerships with the cyber security and infrastructure support teams throughout the Information Technology organization, as well as business unit operation centers.
·         Must comply with any regulatory requirements.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
·         A formal education in Computer Science or a related field; or equivalent experience in IT Security related roles is required.
·         Experience with database monitoring security products like IBM Guardium preferred.
·         Fundamental knowledge of IT core infrastructure and cyber security components//devices preferred.
·         Minimum 1 year experience with TCP/IP Networking and knowledge of the OSI model preferred.
·         Minimum 1 year experience with OS management and Network Devices preferred.
·         Minimum 1 year experience with Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems preferred.
·         Minimum 1 year experience with Antivirus Systems preferred.
·         Minimum 1 year experience monitoring threats via a SIEM console preferred.
·         1+ years performing analysis of log files from a variety of sources, to include individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, or intrusion prevention logs.
·         Formal IT Security/Network Certification such as CompTIA Security +, Cisco CCNA, SANS GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), InfoSphere Guardium preferred.
·         Experience with packet analysis (Wireshark) and Malware analysis a plus.
·         Experience working in a Security Operations Center environment is a plus.
·         Client ArcSight experience is a plus.

Thanks & Regards,

Sam Sharma
Tech Providers, Inc.
Phone: 404-594-5767
sam@techproviders.com
www.techproviders.com