Lancope - Alpharetta, GA
posted 3 days ago
About the position
Lancope is seeking a passionate and experienced Information Security Analyst to join its Threat Intelligence Team. This role is designed for individuals who are enthusiastic about the evolving threat landscape and are eager to understand the latest malware developments. The successful candidate will be part of a global team of senior security analysts dedicated to protecting Lancope's customers from cyber-attacks. The position requires a strong background in security software and threat analysis, with the ability to establish relationships and processes both within and outside of Lancope to build an effective investigative threat research structure. Analysts will leverage data from internal product and traffic monitoring groups, as well as external partners and qualified third-party relationships. This full-time position offers the opportunity to own innovative ideas from inception through proof-of-concept to deployment.
Responsibilities
- Conduct literature reviews and keep abreast of state of the hack, data sources, data analysis techniques and big data
- Invent and/or apply new techniques to telemetry data on a global scale and identify new security threats
- Develop and document proofs-of-concept (POCs) to demonstrate the efficacy, performance, and scalability of new techniques
- Publish and present research findings, including methodology and measured efficacy improvements
- Help guide the development by working with product teams
- Partner to turn successful POCs into product features and actionable intelligence.
Requirements
- At least 2 years relevant experience
- Network administration, System administration (Windows or Unix)
- IT security with a focus on computer forensics, incident response, malicious code/exploits, anti-virus, etc.
- Knowledge of the current security threat landscape, especially network and web-based threats
- Familiar with Windows exploits, malware and malicious code trends
- Knowledge of TCP/IP and application in securing systems, investigating security incidents
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, software engineering
- Knowledge of one or more programming/scripting languages
- Web application and script development
- Log and data analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Self-motivated and highly ambitious
- Creative problem solving skills and excellent troubleshooting/debugging skills
- Excellent teamwork and people skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work towards long-term goals
- Incident response experience a definitive plus
