Job Description

Greetings from Ampcus!

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Requisition Title: (Agile1)IT- Cyber Security Threat Analyst/Specialist - Senior (AWS)
Duration: 12/02/2024 to 05/02/2025
Location: Concord, CA (Hybrid)

Hybrid 3 days onsite and 2 days wfh

WORK SCHEDULE: Sunday to Thursday (Swing shift) 2 PM to 10 PM.

Description:
TOP THINGS:
- teamwork, curiosity, tenacity

Department Overview:
Responsible for the delivery of information security services including intelligence research, threat assessment, security event monitoring/analysis, vulnerability management and security tool administration in support of enterprise security goals and objectives.
Cyber Threat Specialists use a variety of commercial and custom tools and processes to provide the information security services mentioned above. Cyber Threat Specialists are experts in the operation of these tools and have the ability to design improvised solutions on the fly when dealing with active threats.
Cyber Threat Specialists produce metrics and statistics that feed complimentary processes in such as risk assessment, patching, anti-virus, firewall management, etc.
Cyber Threat Specialists are very technically skilled and have the ability to work successfully with other technical teams within IT department and beyond.

Position Summary:
The Monitoring & Response Team (also known as M&R) is the 24x7 security operations team that is essentially first line of defense that is continuously preventing, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity events to improve the organization s security posture. The Monitoring & Response Team is built with the foundation of a standard SOC but operates differently by utilizing Threat Intelligence in our daily investigations of security events. The Monitoring & Response Team also operates in a proactive/reactive manner to maintain the highest level of efficacy in their tasks.

Job Responsibilities:
Monitors daily cybersecurity activity in shifts through looking at tools to determine if activity is malignant or benign and then engage others as required
Provides analysis on malware and escalates as appropriate to incident response Teams
Does baseline threat hunting based on intelligence for utility peers and other intelligence sources
Provides hunting/analysis on phishing cases and reports of potential compromise/breach
Performs proficient forensic analysis using security tools and monitoring systems to discover the source of anomalous security events
Assists in performing basic research internally and externally
Performs complex system administration tasks (e.g. customization, cross-tool integration) for security tools
Develops a strategy to implement work in department

Minimum Qualifications:
High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

Desired:
Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
IT-Information Technology Security certification

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans, or individuals with disabilities.

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• Dice Id: 10115448
• Position Id: 8462563

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