Information Security Operations Analyst

About the position The Operations Analyst is a technical role within Moda’s Information Security team and will play a vital role in keeping the organization’s proprietary and sensitive information secure. This position works interdepartmentally to investigate issues, identify and correct flaws in security systems, solutions, and programs, and recommend measures to improve the company’s overall security posture. Acting as a liaison between Security and IT management, the analyst assists IT strategy and architecture design from a security perspective and identifies issues, concerns, or recommendations as the organization grows its technology infrastructure and processes. This is a FT WFH position.

Responsibilities

• Defend against cybersecurity incidents and identify, analyze, communicate, and contain incidents as they occur.
• Monitor systems and networks for security alerts, notifications, and issues including patching and update process issues and investigate and document any security issues or events that may occur.
• Own and drive the investigation of security events and other cybersecurity incidents including review, triage, and response to alerts and notifications.
• Take a lead role in the documentation of security events and incidents and the assessment of the damage they cause.
• Review threat intelligence and analyze the current threat landscape and apply threat analysis to Moda’s infrastructure systems and networks to identify and address vulnerabilities or exploitable attack paths.
• Build and drive proactive threat hunting programs including detailed threat analysis of exploitable vulnerabilities leading to actionable remediation plans.
• Work with IT resources and architects to develop and implement cloud security strategies to facilitate migration of key assets into a public cloud hosted environment.
• Advise on installation and configuration of security controls, systems, and software to protect systems and information infrastructure and recommend enhancements based on compliance requirements and industry best practices.
• Work with IT and Security leadership to perform tests or support external testing such as network penetration tests, vulnerability testing, and disaster response failover tests to uncover network vulnerabilities.
• Advise on installation and configuration of security controls, systems, and software to protect systems and information infrastructure and recommend enhancements based on compliance requirements and industry best practices.
• Take a proactive and operational role in creating the best practices for IT security companywide.
• Support cybersecurity risk assessment activities.
• Work with both Security and IT management to ensure security policies and goals are met in infrastructure and development contexts.
• Stay current on IT security trends and news including evolving standards.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with cross functional colleagues at all levels.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a security operations analyst or in related fields such as IT audit, enterprise risk management, penetration testing, or red team/incident response.
• Experience with common security tools such as SIEM platforms, EDR solutions, and cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure configuration and management is highly desirable.
• 3+ years of experience with regulatory compliance and information security management frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, NIST, IS0 27000, or COBIT).
• Strong documentation and reporting skills, including the ability to record security events, investigations, and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influence and work effectively across cross-functional teams. Nice-to-haves
• Industry recognized cybersecurity certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+) preferred.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Pharmacy
• Life
• Disability
• 401K- Matching
• FSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• PTO and Company Paid Holidays Apply tot his job

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