Cybersecurity Operations Analyst - Corporate (Las Vegas)

Caesars Entertainment - Las Vegas, NV

Full-time - Entry Level

Las Vegas, NV

5,001-10,000 employees

Accommodation

About the position

The Cybersecurity Operations Analyst for Caesars is responsible for implementing the Cybersecurity program and strategy at a tactical and operational level across various domains including network, infrastructure, applications, and databases. This role is crucial in ensuring that security controls are functioning efficiently and effectively, particularly in areas such as security logging, monitoring, alert management, incident handling, and vulnerability and configuration management. The analyst will support the Cybersecurity Team in conducting security research and development, product evaluations, consulting, project support, and other operational tasks necessary to meet the overall requirements of the cybersecurity program and strategy. In this position, the analyst will participate in establishing and implementing security-related standards, procedures, and guidelines that are essential for securing the existing environment. This will involve collaboration with various properties and the Information Technology department. The primary goal is to design and implement controls and processes, risk mitigation techniques, and standardized information security solutions that strike a sensible balance between risks and business operations. Key responsibilities include documenting all security procedures, assisting the Cybersecurity Engineering team in providing future technology direction, and analyzing existing data security policies to identify areas for improvement. The analyst will also be responsible for maintaining optimal system performance, conducting ongoing analysis of applications to assess the impact of security mechanisms, and participating in all Incident Response activities, which include evidence collection, root cause analysis, reporting, and recovery tasks. Additionally, the analyst will enhance the security team's capabilities by planning solution delivery, mentoring less experienced team members, and determining security requirements through evaluations of business strategies and conducting risk assessments. The role also involves analyzing security systems, implementing security measures, maintaining compliance with standards and policies, and preparing system security reports. The analyst will stay updated on emerging security practices and standards, contribute to the design of an operational reporting framework, and document security exceptions that could negatively impact security risks or violate established policies.

Responsibilities

• Participates in documenting all security procedures.
• Assist the Cybersecurity Engineering team in providing future direction of technology and platforms.
• Recognize and identify potential areas where existing data security policies and procedures require change.
• Analyze, synthesize, develop, engineer, diagnose and maintain systems, programs and procedures for optimal performance.
• Participate in all Incident Response activities including evidence collection and root cause analysis.
• Enhances security team accomplishments by planning delivery of solutions and mentoring team members.
• Determines security requirements by evaluating business strategies and conducting risk assessments.
• Analyze security systems by evaluating network and security technologies.
• Implements security systems by specifying intrusion detection methodologies and equipment.
• Maintains security by monitoring compliance to standards and conducting incident response analyses.
• Upgrades security systems by identifying security gaps and implementing enhancements.
• Prepares system security reports by collecting and analyzing data and trends.
• Contributes to the design and implementation of an operational reporting framework for security metrics.

Requirements

• 1-3+ years' work experience in security operations, network security, infrastructure security, Windows/Unix systems/security.
• Experienced in several security tools (IPS/IDS, DLP, scanners, forensics tools, ethical hacking tools).
• Very knowledgeable in security processes.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or technical training equivalent.

Nice-to-haves

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, GSEC, or related certification(s) preferred.