Junior Cybersecurity Analyst

Rite-Solutions - Middletown, RI

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Middletown, RI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Rite-Solutions, Inc. is seeking a skilled and motivated Junior Cybersecurity Analyst to support daily operations in maintaining information security. This role involves working closely with a small team of cybersecurity analysts and administrators, primarily supporting the Connecticut office while based in Middletown, RI. The analyst will engage in various tasks including incident response, security tool management, and policy creation, contributing to the overall security posture of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations to maintain information security, including analysis of real-time and historical alerts.
• Prioritize security tickets and triage security incidents according to SLA.
• Configure, maintain, and monitor security tools to detect known and unknown security threats.
• Review vulnerability scan results and create a Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) to support remediation activities.
• Assist in the creation and review of policies and procedures, as well as end-user guides and training materials.
• Support evaluation of hardware and software systems that provide security functions.
• Support ongoing third-party audits and demonstrate technical configurations with control implementation.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of full-time information security experience.
• Candidate must possess or be actively pursuing the CompTIA Security + certification.
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technology skills.
• Experience implementing security control frameworks (e.g. NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001).
• Working knowledge of the DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to evaluate cybersecurity capabilities and optimize security investments.
• Comfortable reviewing and analyzing real-time and historical security-related data.
• Experience using network and security monitoring tools.
• Effective written and verbal skills.
• Able to take direction as well as the desire to take initiative.
• Position requires US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret level security clearance with the US Government.

Benefits

• Recognition as one of the "Best Places to Work" by Providence Business News for 2021 and 2023.
• "Great Place to Work" Certification in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
• Hire VETs Medallion Award in 2021, 2022, and 2023.