Cyber Security Analyst
Posted 4 days ago by 1761657189
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Cyber Security Analyst role is a contract position focused on monitoring and managing security technologies to detect and respond to IT security incidents. The analyst will be responsible for analyzing threats, implementing security measures, and developing organizational cybersecurity strategies. This position requires a proactive approach to threat hunting and incident response, ensuring the security of the enterprise's information systems. A background in healthcare and relevant certifications are essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor and manage multiple security technologies to detect IT security incidents.
- Analyze, call out, and assist in remediation of critical information security incidents.
- Detect and analyze threats, deploying countermeasures and conducting risk assessments.
- Design, implement, monitor, and analyze security intelligence from security controls.
- Participate in detection and response of cyber incidents and assist in recovery operations.
- Develop tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for threat triage and eradication.
- Engage in threat hunting activities and maintain awareness of the threat landscape.
- Provide effective incident response by correlating intelligence from various sources.
- Develop reports on activities and incidents to maintain operational status.
- Maintain documentation and create user guides and standard operating procedures.
- Adhere to change management procedures and corporate security policies.
- Produce reports on significant or suspicious security events.
- Include latest security threat information related to nation-state actors.
Key Skills:
- Verifiable experience with evaluation of tools and assessing security risks.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in cyber security.
- Certifications: CEH, PenTest+, OSCP, PNPT.
- Medical Device and healthcare background required.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cyber Security Analyst
Role Duration: Contract
Role Location: Remote (HQ: San Diego, Onsite interview- Local candidates please apply!
Role Start Date: December 1 2025
Clearance: Drug screening, Background check
SUMMARY: We are looking for an Analyst who is searching to do what they'll love - Cyber Security!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The role is responsible for monitoring and managing multiple security technologies to detect IT security incidents
The analyst will follow operational processes and procedures to appropriately analyze, call out, and assist in
remediation of critical information security incidents
Detect and analyze opportunistic and persistent threats, deploying counter measures and conducting risk and
vulnerability assessments across the enterprise
Design, implement, monitor, and analyze security intelligence generated by company security controls
Participate in detection and response of cyber incidents, assist in recovery of operations, and assist in formulating,
updating, and communicating short- and long-term organizational cybersecurity strategies and policies
Develop tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and lead triage, containment, and eradication of threats
Participate in threat hunting activities and threat analysis to maintain a high degree of awareness on the current threat
landscape
Provide effective incident response, by correlating intelligence from intrusion prevention systems (IPS), endpoints and
third parties
Develop and produce reports on all activities and incidents to help maintain day-to-day status
Develop and report on trends and provide focus and situational awareness on all issues
Maintain documentation for all systems and create user guides and standard operating procedures
Adhere to enterprise change management procedures and corporate security policies
Produce reports identifying significant or suspicious security events to appropriate parties
Include latest security threat information and tie back to specific intrusion sets of nation state actors when possible
REQUIREMENTS:
Verifiable experience with evaluation of tools, assessing security risks and improving
outcomes.
3 + years hands-on experience
Certifications: CEH, PenTest+, OSCP, PNPT
Medical Device. Healthcare background required
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender
identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization,
retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor