Technology Security Analyst

Overview:

Alera Group is looking for a motivated Technology Security Analyst who brings experience and enthusiasm that fits well in a rapidly growing enterprise company.

Are you looking to be part of a company where you have exciting opportunities to learn, grow, and make a positive impact? Join a team where each employee is empowered to listen generously, speak straight, collaborate, and build each other up through mutual accountability and shared success.

If that is what you’re looking for, this is your chance to be part of an amazing organization!

Alera Group was created by the merging of high-performing, entrepreneurial firms across the country. Alera Group owns several registered investment advisers. Alera Group’s business model is motivated by the desire to find a better way to serve clients nationally without losing the independent thinking and values of our founding firms.

The Technology Security Analyst is responsible for Alera Group Security Operations. All secure operations-related projects, planning, and support will run through security operations. This department oversees secure operations of both the corporate environment as well as most of our acquired firms. This role handles project management, communications, scheduling, SOPs, as well as the daily workload of the team and removes obstacles or impediments facing them.

Responsibilities:

Understand how traffic flows on the network - and extended remote and cloud systems

Be accountable for security alerts

Ability to detect threats and report vulnerabilities in a manner that ensures the organization remains protected from attacks

Manage the effects of incidents and reduce the impact of breaches

Collect data from multiple systems, analyze, correlate events, and report security data in a systematic way with a clean chain of evidence

Understanding and capable of using PowerShell, Python, XQL scripting languages

Ability to read and understand basic operation and actions taken by software programs, and at higher levels of skills, should learn to reverse engineer malware

Qualifications:

3+ years direct enterprise-level work experience in a security role

Bachelor's degree in the fields of information security, computer science, business administration, information systems or related field

Extensive knowledge of PowerShell, Python, and/or other automation and scripting tools

Extensive project experience in building integrated security solutions

Extensive experience with SOAR SIEM, Vulnerability Management, Privileged Access, DLP, and other security concepts and tooling

Familiar with SOC 2 Type II, PCI, HIPAA, and other industry standard compliance and regulatory frameworks

Microsoft Office and Visio

ITIL Standards

Solid understanding of security concepts, processes, and terminology

Strong organizational skills, with proven experience prioritizing work and coordinating several projects at one time

Strong interpersonal skills - communication, documentation, proactively communicates potential concerns, accountability, collaboration, strong time management skills

Ability to effectively interface with technical groups as well as business teams, both in person and remotely

Intellectual curiosity and passion for problem-solving

High energy with the ability to prioritize and a desire to work in a results-oriented, fast-growth environment

Ability to be on call and work off-hours, as needed

Equal Opportunity Employment:

We offer comprehensive benefits to employees, including medical, dental, STD, LTD, life insurance, 401k, paid time off and much more.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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