What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT SPECIALIST - SR. IT SPECIALIST - CYBERSECURITY position at Southwest Research Institute?
SwRI Cybersecurity Operations’ mission is to secure the enterprise by evaluating, implementing, and operating a full suite of cybersecurity tool and services. We are responsible for configuring, administering, and supporting network and endpoint security systems; conducting and overseeing vulnerability assessments and penetration tests; and performing enterprise-wide threat hunting. We are responsible for configuring, administering, and supporting network and endpoint security systems; conducting and overseeing vulnerability assessments and penetration tests; and performing enterprise-wide threat hunting. Operations include firewalls, intrusion prevention and operational incident detection and response and security orchestration and automation. From policy, through assessment and implementation, to operations and response, candidates will have the opportunity to engage in the full security lifecycle.
Objectives of this Role:- Provide cybersecurity support in an Enterprise environment.
- Maintain cybersecurity infrastructure.
- Provide daily analysis and support for cybersecurity operations.
- Recommend, evaluate and deploy new cybersecurity technology and capabilities.
- Support vulnerability and threat assessment operations.
- Monitoring and maintaining firewalls, intrusion prevention appliances, endpoint protection and response systems.
- Participate in daily incident response analysis activities.
- Support identity provider, multi-factor authentication and log aggregation (SIEM) services.
- Support and configure security for Microsoft O365 and Azure cloud services.
- Monitor and maintain vulnerability scanning and conduct penetration tests and threat assessments.
- Requires a Bachelors degree with a 3.00 GPA in Cybersecurity, IT Operations, or directly related with related experience
- 3 years: Relevant Cybersecurity or IT administration experience with bachelor's degree
- 10 years: Those without a bachelor's degree must have at least 10 years of relevant Cybersecurity or IT administration experience
- Related certifications and related certifications are preferred
- Experience working with network security platforms such as enterprise firewalls and intrusion prevention
- Experience with network fundamentals (e.g.-TCP/IP, Vlans and network subnetting), as well as scripting, development, and utilizing application programing interfaces (API)
- Experience with administration of modern operating systems (e.g.- Windows Server, Windows Desktop and Linux)
- Clear/Valid Drivers License