Position Title: Jr CSOC Analyst
Company Name: Top utility company in Houston, TX
Location:
- Zip code: 77064 - Northwest Houston
Must have skills:
- 6m+ of IT experience ideally in information security. Education or similar experience will be considered
- Ability to work a 24x7 work environment with 1 night shift a week
- Shifts:
- Day: 7am-3pm
- Mid-day: 3pm-11pm
- Night: 11pm-7am
- Working knowledge of basic cyber security principles:
- Email security - SPF, DKIM, DMARC (know how to read an email header)
- Basics of SIEM - event monitoring
- EDR - AV basics, how to read a process tree, knowledge of the Windows filesystem, how to identify malicious activity (processes spawning from strange places, etc.)
Soft skills:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to work in an independent manner
- Able to demonstrate creative problem-solving, analytical, and deductive reasoning skills
Nice to have skills:
- Home lab work is a plus - setting up and running security tools on your own equipment, in the cloud, etc.
- Any entry level cert is a plus: SEC+, Network+, etc.
Education/certification requirements:
Day To Day Responsibilities
- Monitor CSOC email inbox for user-reported suspicious emails
- Monitor and respond to security alerts
- Maintains situational awareness reports for threat trends and escalate tickets to Sr CSOC analyst
TSG is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 69831