- Company Name
- Peyton Resource Group
- Job Title
- Security Analyst
- Job Description
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Job Title: Security Analyst
Role Summary:
Execute continuous monitoring, analysis, and response of network and email security events to protect enterprise infrastructure from threats, ensuring rapid incident detection, containment, and remediation.
Expectations:
• Demonstrate proactive threat detection and incident response across network, email, and cloud environments.
• Collaborate across networking, IT operations, and security teams to maintain robust defenses.
• Translate security findings into actionable recommendations and maintain documentation of controls and incidents.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor network traffic, SIEM alerts, and security logs for indicators of compromise and abnormal behavior.
- Investigate and remediate network‑based incidents involving firewalls, routers, switches, wireless, and cloud connectivity.
- Support DDoS detection, coordination, and mitigation efforts.
- Maintain and enhance ACLs, VLAN segmentation, VPN configurations, IDS/IPS signatures, and email security controls (DMARC, DKIM, SPF).
- Administer content filtering, URL risk assessment, and domain reputation analysis.
- Manage DNS security, record integrity, and defenses against DNS‑based attacks.
- Operate load‑balancing and DNS traffic management tools (e.g., F5).
- Coordinate with IT Operations for authentication, routing, and connectivity troubleshooting.
Required Skills:
- 2‑5 years IT/network security experience.
- Strong knowledge of network architectures, protocols (TCP/IP, routing, switching), and traffic analysis.
- Hands‑on with SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR/XDR, NetFlow, packet capture, and security monitoring tools.
- Proficiency in DNS, Active Directory, routing, switching, and authentication services.
- Email security fundamentals (phishing detection, header analysis).
- Ability to conduct threat hunting and incident response.
Required Education & Certifications:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related field.
- Certifications (preferred): CompTIA Security+, Cisco CCNA, GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), or equivalent.