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SSA-Smart Security Appliances in Mississauga Canada and the team member would need to be able to go to the Mississauga office, 2 days a week.
Role: Security Analyst
Location: Remote/Canada
Duration: 6-12+ Months
Job Description
SSA-Smart Security Appliances in Mississauga Canada and the team member would need to be able to go to the Mississauga office, 2 days a week.
Role: Security Analyst
Location: Remote/Canada
Duration: 6-12+ Months
Job Description
- As a Security Analyst, you'll be an integral part of our Security Operations Centre (SOC) team. We'll look to you to perform the critical job of monitoring security events from various SOC entry channels (SIEM, EDR, Tickets, Email, Phone). Based on the severity, ensure playbooks are executed and appropriate investigative processes are followed while engaging appropriate teams and escalating when required. You will also assist with managing and tuning various technology products such as SIEM, EDR, WAF and IDS/IPS policies. Leveraging your expertise, you will also provide continual service improvement by creating and updating security processes and incident response playbooks.
- Monitor security alerts and participate in security incident management and response Participate in evaluating, recommending, implementing, responding, and troubleshooting security solutions
- Perform tuning and optimization of security systems (SIEM, EDR, SOAR, WAF,IDS/IPS)
- Follow ITIL practices regarding incident, problem, and change management
- Create and maintain build documents, security procedures, and processes including Incident management and incident response playbooks
- Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats including applicable security requirements
- Review and analyze identified threats, risks and findings generated from vulnerability analysis tools and work with stakeholders to mitigate vulnerabilities
- Act as first responder or escalation point, depending on incident severity, following Incident Response Playbooks What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor's Degree / Diploma in a relevant area of study with a preference for Information Security, Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- Previous Security Operations Centre experience in conducting security investigations
- Solid understanding of IT, including multiple operating systems and system administration skills (Windows, Linux)
- Basic understanding of public (AWS, GCP, Azure) and private (VMWare) cloud
- Basic understanding of client-server applications, multi-tier web applications, relational databases, NextGen Firewalls, VPNs, EDR, WAF
- Strong knowledge of security incident management, malware management, and vulnerability management processes
- Strong understanding of networking principles including TCP/IP, WANs, LANs, and commonly used Internet protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, POP, LDAP
- Periodically expected to work off-hours to support deployments,system upgrades and respond to security events
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Other -
Industries
Human Resources Services
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