Apply here for a Senior Network Security Analyst job opening at PMCS Services, Inc.

We are seeking a full-time contractor or employee for a Senior Network Security Analyst role for the client of Office of the Attorney General of Texas.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively conduct threat hunting activities to identify malicious activity, advanced persistent threats, and indicators of compromise not detected by automated tools
Develop and execute hypothesis-driven hunts based on threat intelligence, adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and organizational risk profiles
Analyze endpoint, network, identity, and cloud telemetry to detect anomalous or suspicious behavior
Investigate and validate potential security incidents, determine root cause, and assess scope and impact
Collaborate with incident response, SOC, and detection engineering teams to support containment, eradication, and recovery activities
Translate threat hunting findings into actionable detection logic, alerts, and analytics to improve security monitoring
Document hunting methodologies, findings, and recommendations in formal reports and knowledge repositories
Contribute to the development and tuning of security use cases, queries, and detection rules across SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud security platforms
Leverage threat intelligence sources to track emerging threats, attacker tools, and campaigns relevant to the organization
Support purple team activities, tabletop exercises, and continuous adversary simulation efforts
Maintain awareness of evolving attacker techniques and emerging cybersecurity threats

Required Skills:

Strong understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Experience analyzing logs and telemetry from SIEM, EDR/XDR, network security, identity platforms, and cloud environments.
Proficiency in query languages and scripting used for threat hunting.
Solid knowledge of Windows, Linux, and cloud operating systems, including common attack vectors and persistence mechanisms.
Proven expertise in security considerations of cloud computing: They include data breaches, broken authentication, hacking, account hijacking, malicious insiders, third parties, APTs, data loss and DoS attacks.
Knowledge and understanding of threat analysis and assessment of potential and current information security risk/threats and designing solutions to mitigate those threats.
Knowledge and experience working with relevant National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards.
Familiarity with threat intelligence sources, malware analysis concepts, and digital forensics fundamentals.
Experience documenting investigations, creating hunt reports, and communicating technical findings to diverse audiences.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional cybersecurity teams.
Ability to resolve complex security issues in diverse and decentralized environments; to learn, communicate, and teach new information and security technologies; and to communicate effectively.
Conduct forensic investigations on cyberattacks to determine how they occurred and how they can be prevented in the future.
Experience creating/reviewing/updating security policies and standards for the public/private/hybrid cloud contexts.

Preferred Skills:

GSEC, CEH, CISA, CCSP
Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Security Certification, and/or OpenStack Administrator Certification a plus. (Other cloud-related certification also a plus.)
Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (i.e. EndGame, Crowdstrike, CyberReason). Detect and respond to alerts from end point detection response tools.
Experience with Email Threat Management (i.e. Proofpoint, MimeCast, Microsoft).
Experience with SIEM engineering design/management/analysts (i.e. Splunk, Rapid7, SumoLogic).
Experience with Data Loss Protection/Cloud Access Security Brokers (i.e. Symantec, Microsoft, Bitglass, Netskope).
Experience with Cloud Enterprise Network Security (i.e. Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto, ZScaler).