Cyber Security Analyst Consult

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
■ Provides cyber security consulting and guidance to team members and management and supports the day-to-day operations of event investigation.
■ Identifies, investigates, analyzes, monitors, acts on and escalates security events based on information from multiple security tools such as intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), web application firewall (WAF), data loss prevention (DLP) software, security information and even management (SIEM) software, antivirus programs, and threat intelligence services.
■ Validates, identifies and address threat concerns via daily real-time intelligence feeds, alerts, reports and open source intelligence. Conducts root cause analysis for security events with assistance/support from team members. Determines response strategy and steps, and coaches other team members in analytical processes leading to conclusions.
■ Provides active security threat oversight. Employs technical and analytical knowledge for tasks such as hunt team tactics, intrusion analysis, malware analysis, and other threat analysis methods.
■ Analyzes security trends based on information from security tools, open source intelligence and vendor provided intelligence. Provides senior-developed reports to management and clearly articulates team progress, issues, risks and opportunities along with recommended actions.
■ Provides guidance to ensure security tools are configured to meet or exceed the compliance needs and Information Security best practices, and to best protect the Synovus environment from cyber threats.
■ Serves as an escalation point of contact and provides Incident Handler functions for Incident Response security events. Coordinates cyber security Incident Response events within the team and critical incidents with the Crisis Management team.
■ Investigates, recommends and utilizes new technologies and processes to enhance security capabilities and implement solutions for continuous improvement. Maintains current knowledge of Cyber Security trends in order to identify and educate the team on changing threats in the Synovus environment.
■ Provides oversight, training, mentoring and guidance to ensure continuous growth in analytical, technical and business skills across the team. Works with team members to provide reviews and coaching of daily tasks.
■ Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion.
■ Performs other related duties as required.

The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
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