Sr. Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Analyst

BEPC is looking for a Sr. Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Analyst in Austin, TX to join our fast-growing team of consultants!

W2 Contract: 7 months with opportunities for extensions based on business needs and performance.

Pay Range: $63-68/hr. plus we offer Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance benefits!

Schedule: M-F, 8:00 a.m. – 5 p.m., remote position but must reside in Austin, TX!!!

Solicitation Reference Number: 529501250

Job Summary:

Infrastructure and Operations Support. Supports the TIERS Cloud Migration by providing system administration, security, and infrastructure support. Will perform analysis of on-prem and cloud security and monitor security operations including security architecture reviews. Our ideal candidate understands regulatory requirements, has in-depth knowledge of industry standards and trends, and is proficient with the latest cybersecurity software.

Responsibilities:

• Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives.
• Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports.
• Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
• Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Required Skills:

• 8 years of strong ability to identify problems/issues, analyze and evaluate alternatives and recommend/implement effective solutions.
• 8 years of experience providing Windows and Linux operating system and application support.
• 8 years of high level knowledge and experience of network facilities and data processing techniques, of computer hardware and software, of network operating system and security software, and of performance monitoring and capacity management tools
• 8 years with orchestrating calls to include, but not limited to project kick-off calls, notification of high/critical findings during the testing process, and close out calls to review test findings, evidence, process steps to reproduce, and remediation recommendations.
• 8 years of the ability to prepare concise written reports appropriate to the audience. Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• 8 years of being responsible for implementing security measures to protect computer systems, networks and data. Information security analysts are expected to stay up to date on the latest intelligence, including hackers’ methodologies, in order to anticipate breaches.
• 8 years being responsible for ensuring all networks have adequate security to prevent unauthorized access. Also must ensure that all security systems are current with any software or hardware changes in the company.
• 8 years of performing proactive research to identify and understand new threats, vulnerabilities and exploits. Performing procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.
• 8 years of extensive experience with working with and implementing NIST 800-37, NIST 800-53, MARS-E controls, POA&Ms, and developing Corrective Action Plans.
• 8 years of reviewing violations of computer security procedures and discuss procedures with HHSC/TIERS Security team. Confer with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes.
• 8 years of experience providing Oracle, MSSQL, and Postgres database support.

Preferred Skills:

• 5 years of experience working with Archer GRC, Dynatrace, Splunk, Imperva Web Application Firewall, Qualys and MS Office tools.
• 5 years of experience training staff on network and information security procedures, processes and information safeguarding.
• 2 years of experience with ITIL methodology-ticketing using Remedy and ServiceNow.

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