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Cybersecurity Analyst - Contract to Hire job at Simplex. Austin, TX. This will be a six-month contract with the potential of a permanent position at the end. You will need to be and will be based in Austin, or commutable to downtown. This position is two days remote and three on-site in Austin working with the team. We are working with a successful Agency in Austin Texas to find a Cybersecurity Analyst reporting to the CISO. This will be a role focused on the operational and technical side of security and will also work closely with the IT department to influence best practices across the infrastructure. Responsibilities: • Technical risk assessments and reviews of account permissions, computer data access needs, security violations, programming changes, and new and existing applications and systems, including data center physical security and environment. • Cybersecurity incident detection, analysis, and prevention. • Vulnerability scans of networks and applications to assess effectiveness and identify weaknesses. • Forensic analysis of information systems and portable devices and forensic recovery of data using assessment tools. • Monitors and analyzes cybersecurity alerts from cybersecurity tools, network devices, and information systems. • Develops plans to safeguard computer configuration and data files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs. • Modifies and monitors computer configuration and data files to incorporate new software and virus protection systems, correct errors, or change individual access status. • Researches and analyzes cybersecurity threat indicators and their behaviors for the prevention, detection, containment, and correction of data security breaches, and recommends threat mitigation strategies. • Trains users and promotes security awareness to ensure system security and improve application, server, and network efficiency. • Coordinates agency policies for encryption of data transmissions and the definition of firewall configuration to protect confidential information in transit. • Designs, develops, modifies, tests, and integrates database or computer hardware systems to protect against cyber threats. • Participates in the development of information technology disaster recovery and business continuity planning. Requirements: • 5+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, and Information Technology Security. Preferred Skills: • Certifications such as Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), GAIC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GCFE Certified Forensic Examiner (GAIC), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Security+, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). • Experience producing detailed intelligence analysis reports on cyber threats and presenting findings to technical and non-technical audiences. • Vulnerability Management Systems (e.g., Rapid7, Tenable/Nessus Scanning, Qualys). • Endpoint Detection and Response (e.g., EndGame, Crowdstrike, CyberReason). • Email Threat Management (e.g., Proofpoint, MimeCast, Microsoft). • Security Information and Event Management (e.g., Splunk, Rapid7, SumoLogic). • Data Loss Protection/Cloud Access Security Brokers (e.g., Symantec, Microsoft, Bitglass, Netskope). • Cloud Enterprise Network Security (e.g., Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto, ZScaler). • Skill in using application security standards, frameworks, attack methods, and mitigation best practices (e.g., OWASP, SANS, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CJIS, CIS Critical Controls). #ZR #IND

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