IT Security Analyst

26th August, 2024


Job Description:
Overview:

• Supports vulnerability management scanning and reporting tools (requires strong Linux, Windows and/or UNIX administrative knowledge for troubleshooting).
• Automates processes with scripting such as bash, PowerShell, and Python.
• Parses logs in an automated fashion using Grep, AWK, Sed, etc.
• Creates integration of vulnerability management data with our other enterprise services.
• Conducts data analysis of vulnerability management data, often integrated with other data sources, to measure effectiveness of vulnerability remediation. Data analysis tasks include large datasets, which include structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Interfaces with other agencies to make recommendations on how to improve the security posture and reduce the number of security related vulnerabilities.
• Conducts trend analysis, creates dashboards using data scripting to provide metrics on the performance of security responsibilities, controls, and creates new reports based on those collected metrics across multiple agencies.
• Plans, schedules, implements, and maintains scalable vulnerability scans using modern vulnerability management scanning tools for high complexity devices.
• While ensuring safe and timely scanning that has minimal/no impact on scan targets and provides troubleshooting of technical issues with scans.
• Conducts internal vulnerability audits of servers, network devices, applications, and other devices.
• Reviews and validates security procedures to ensure adequate security procedures have been developed to identify and classify cyber events.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years' experience in IT Security
• Extensive experience with vulnerability management scanning and reporting tools.
• Experience with Linux, Windows, and Unix.
• Experience with PowerShell and Python.
• Experience with log parsing using - Grep, Sed and/or AWK.
• Preferred experience with SQL ETL.

Additional Info:

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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