Title : Information Security Analyst
Location : Los Angeles CA / Hybrid
Duration : 6 months contract
Summary
This is a hands-on security position working within the Information Security group and with the internal IT department at large. This position's core focus is to ensure consistent, measurable end to end delivery of security services. The successful candidate will work to develop and deploy capabilities ensuring enterprise systems and data are protected with the security controls and tools required to meet policy and compliance requirements.
We are looking for candidates who have a passion for cybersecurity, threat detection, risk mitigation and response. You will be a key part of our efforts to build and support a defensible environment where we are able to detect, contain and respond quickly to threats and compromises in ways that serve to enable the business needs of a highly collaborative organization. The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practice.
Responsibilities
- Support a Technology Vendor Management program, ensuring technology risk reviews across multiple disciplines, and monitoring for renewals and savings opportunities
- Participate in risk reviews of the IT control framework (NIST CSF, CIS, ITIL, ISO 270001, etc.)
- Conduct thorough vendor, product and applications security assessments partnering with systems owners to integrate security early during the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate, across service owners, the implementation of core security integrations (SSO, Event Logs, Secrets, Alerting, Threat Model and Backup / Recovery) with applications developed in-house and externally / SaaS hosted environments.
- Partner with business groups to review workflows, producing output to enhance security processes in support of those workflows.
- Support the development and implementation of a data protection program.
- Coordinate with IRM leadership to develop and deliver key security metrics to ensure technical security controls are meeting desired objectives; ensuring the measurable effectiveness of CAA's technical controls.
Required Capabilities
minimum of 2-3 years in Information Technologyminimum of 2 years' experience in cybersecurity risk managementBachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of workStrong analytical skills in conducting due diligence to identify, assess and prioritize vendor risksFamiliarity with information security frameworks (NIST, ISO27001), data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA), and information security certifications / attestations (SOC, ISO, PCIDSS, FedRAMP)Experience in coordinating technical integrations for security tooling and processes.bility to review complex systems architectures to identify key security integration opportunitiesProduce a comprehensive, written, security assessment of vendors security postureExperience using security analytics tooling to produce operational metrics and dashboardsstrong understanding of the fundamental operations of servers, operating systems, cloud applications, and infrastructureDesired Skills
Core skills in Cybersecurity fundamentals and Third Party Risk ManagementFamiliarity with using Third Party Risk Management tools / processes such as One Trust, SIG or similar GRC platforms.Hands-on experience in Azure, AWS Cloud environments and familiarity with core Cloud services and Cloud architectureFamiliarity with core security concepts of Single Sign-on (e.g PingFed, SAML), Identity and Access Administration (Active Directory, Azure AD, AWS IAM), Event Management (Splunk),Expert skills in using Microsoft Office suite, JIRA.