Cybersecurity Analyst

Matchpointe Group - Santa Ana, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Santa Ana, CA

About the position

The Cybersecurity Analyst position at Matchpointe Group, Inc. is designed for an individual with experience in cybersecurity infrastructure and methodologies. This role supports the City of Santa Ana's Information Technology Department and focuses on enhancing the city's cybersecurity posture. The position is a growth opportunity for a mid-level analyst looking to advance into a Cybersecurity Officer role, involving hands-on administration, policy development, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and utilize security toolsets to identify suspicious and malicious activities across the network.
• Perform event detection and response tuning on relevant reporting and alerting systems.
• Conduct active threat hunting and initiate remediation efforts in response to security events.
• Assist with incident response planning and investigate cybersecurity incidents.
• Write reports for management regarding incidents and false positives.
• Review security information and event management logs and provide findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Assist with planning and implementing cybersecurity measures to protect networking, servers, applications, and computer systems.
• Perform risk assessments and mitigation planning.
• Facilitate internal and external penetration testing.
• Assist with the development and implementation of information security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Review designs of proposed major applications for compliance with security policy and perform routine security audits.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in enterprise cybersecurity systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Hold at least one relevant certification such as GSEC, CASP+, Security+, CCNA, or CCNA Cyber Ops.
• Strong understanding of common protocols such as DHCP, LDAP, SNMP, SMTP, HTTP, SSL.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, best practices, and tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge and experience with Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) Systems.
• Knowledge and experience with Intrusion Detection Systems and alerting platforms.
• Familiarity with enterprise networking technology.
• Experience with anomaly detection and behavioral analytics.
• Prior experience working with a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) vendor.