Cyber Operations, Cyber Threat Analyst Job 2024 Part Time

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KPMG is currently seeking a Cyber Operations, Cyber Threat Analyst to join our Enterprise Security Services organization. This is a remote work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for the daily creation and distribution of CTI report reports which includes daily CTI news and its relevance to KPMG, to senior leadership and various workstreams; handle alert and conduct investigations using CTI tools; perform comprehensive analysis of both successful and unsuccessful intrusions by targeted threat actors; construct detailed descriptions of campaigns, actors, and organizations
• Seek out, collect, and properly exploit intelligence from various sources; generate intelligence from internal data sources and share it accordingly to further the organization’s objectives; produce operating metrics and key performance indicators
• Assist with IOC sweeps/blocks/investigations of hits and automating this task; help with the assessment of the top threat actors/malware for the firm to prioritize assessments/hunts
• Research and develop risk mitigating approaches and drive response and remediation; document processes and procedures in the form of playbooks and reference guides
• Lead internal skills development activities for information security personnel on the topic of cyber threat intelligence by providing mentoring and conducting knowledge sharing sessions
• Provide input to business cases and presentations to senior IT leadership of proposed security products and studies

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent experience in cyber threat intelligence and/or cyber threat hunting; experience in security monitoring, security operations, and incident response activities, preferably within a professional services firm or a similar environment
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university preferred; relevant certifications (not required but desirable): GCTI, GCIH, GCFE, GCFA, ATT&CK CTI Cert
• Knowledge and experience in automating tasks, such as creating logic apps and scripting in PowerShell/Python to automate workflows/tasks; knowledge or background in snort rules (either reading and/or writing them); understanding of Microsoft KQL, particularly in writing queries and creating workbooks
• Experience in defining security monitoring rules, monitoring events, assessing risk, responding to incidents, and providing security oversight related to the security features of IT tools supported by the IT operations teams; experience in developing/utilizing SIEM queries for investigating IOCs within the network and in conducting analysis based on Deep Dark Web intelligence
• Strong knowledge of incident response and crisis management with the ability to identify both tactical and strategic solutions; experience with IT process definition and/or improvement; able to coordinate, work with, and gain the trust of business stakeholders, technical resources, and third-party vendors; excellent verbal/written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; outstanding collaboration, analytical, and presentation skills
• Experience in leading meetings and operating effectively in a matrixed environment; must be able to prioritize, delegate, and support an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; robust troubleshooting and organizational skills, with the capability to work on multiple projects simultaneously; must be able to participate in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans; capable of participating in the development of resource plans and project estimation
• US Citizenship is required

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