Cloud Security Analyst II (5768)

Smartronix, LLC is currently seeking a Cloud Security Operations Analyst to support our Security Operations team responsible for the managed security services of our customer’s cloud-based infrastructures. Candidate will need to guide/assist individuals as they evaluate the overall cyber security posture and develop security monitoring solutions for countering emerging threats. The right candidate will contribute to detecting and mitigating security threats by leveraging the provided security tools to ensure quality and timely delivery of our customers' managed security services. This is a remote position supporting a Herndon, Viriginia based team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and continually improve system and network security monitoring capabilities and procedures
• Monitor, triage, and notify our clients of potential security incidents and tune sensors and queries to reduce false positives
• Implement endpoint security agent policies and rules to meet defensive objectives
• Support operational threat analysis based upon log correlation and endpoint security tools
• Support contingency and incident response activities
• Develop monthly and quarterly reports based upon system and network monitoring and alerting capabilities
• Recommend improve