Job Title: IT Security Analyst
Job ID: 134242
Client: State of Michigan
Department of Technology, Management and Budget
Location: 7150 Harris Dr. Dimondale, 48821, Michigan
Duration: 1 year with possible extension.
Interview Mode: In-Person at the Dimondale office
Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start.
Job description:
• 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 other State of Michigan 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.
