IT Security Analyst - American Technology Consulting

IT Security Analyst 3 – Vulnerability ManagementCandidates must be currently local within a commutable distance, no more than1-1.5 hours.Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start.Overview: * Supports vulnerability management scanning and reporting tools (requires strong Linux, Windows and/or UNIX administrative knowledge for troubleshooting). * Automates processes with scripting such as bash, PowerShell, and Python. * Parses logs in an automated fashion using Grep, AWK, Sed, etc. * Creates integration of vulnerability management data with other State of Michigan enterprise services. * Conducts data analysis of vulnerability management data, often integrated with other data sources, to measure effectiveness of vulnerability remediation. Data analysis tasks include large datasets, which include structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. * Interfaces with other agencies to make recommendations on how to improve the security posture and reduce the number of security related vulnerabilities. * Conducts trend analysis, creates dashboards using data scripting to provide metrics on the performance of security responsibilities, controls, and creates new reports based on those collected metrics across multiple agencies. * Plans, schedules, implements, and maintains scalable vulnerability scans using modern vulnerability management scanning tools for high complexity devices. * While ensuring safe and timely scanning that has minimal/no impact on scan targets and provides troubleshooting of technical issues with scans. * Conducts internal vulnerability audits of servers, network devices, applications, and other devices. * Reviews and validates security procedures to ensure adequate security procedures have been developed to identify and classify cyber events.Required Skills: * 5+ years’ experience in IT Security * Extensive experience with vulnerability management scanning and reporting tools. * Experience with Linux, Windows, and Unix. * Experience with PowerShell and Python. * Experience with log parsing using - Grep, Sed and/or AWK. * Preferred experience with SQL ETL.