Information Security Analyst

Job Title: Information Security Analyst
Location: Hollywood FL Hybrid 3 days Onsite/2 days remote
Terms: Contract To Hire (3 Months)

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The primary duties and responsibilities of the application security analyst follow:

Serve as a first line of defense by managing security alerts/issues; analyzing log files network traffic and IDS/IPS alerts to assess prioritize and differentiate security events between potential security threats and false alarms.
Provide SIEM monitoring log analysis and incident response to information security alerts.
Maintain and operate SIEM/log analysis solution including data collection aggregations and regular exception reporting.
Monitor review and analyze alerts and logs from Firewalls (FW) Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Endpoint Solution (AV EDR) audit trails system logs and other monitoring data sources and ensure they are in compliance with policies and audit requirements.
Perform highly complex analysis and technical tasks involving event detection and rapid response across various environments of the enterprise.
Analyze and/or initiate appropriate escalation of security threats found internally or via managed security service providers to mitigate potential threats and vulnerabilities.
Participate in the management of some third party service provider.
Be part of the incident response team as such launch and track security incident investigations to resolution.
Advise in the steps to take to investigate and resolve cyber security incidents.
Monitor and distribute security notifications in adherence with the established notification/security information sharing protocols.
Assist with formulation and distribution of Information Security Metrics and Event Reports.
Perform other security team relevant duties and responsibilities as assigned.