Job description

Scope of the Project:

​​The position will respond to Cyber Security incidents, provide cyber threat analysis, actively monitor security threats and risks, provide in-depth incident analysis, evaluate security incidents, and provide proactive threat research.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Operations:

• Perform real-time security monitoring, detection and response to security events and incidents within the Clemson University environment.
• Conduct thorough investigations of security events generated by detection mechanisms such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, AV, etc.
• Recognize successful intrusions and compromises through review and analysis of relevant event detail information.
• Differentiate false positives from true intrusion attempts.
• Launch and track investigations to resolution.
• Alert users of intrusions or potential intrusions and compromises.
• Sort events and escalate incidents after a thorough investigation.
• Employee will be expected to respond to situations during non-normal university operating hours. Participation in routine 24/7 on-call rotational duties within the group will be expected (Typically, every 5-6 weeks).
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Collaboration and Mentoring:

• Provide tier2 level support of incidents escalated by CSOC interns.
• Educate and mentor CSOC interns to enable them to learn and advance their Information Security abilities.

Security Assessment:

• Perform vulnerability assessments to gauge the organization against regulatory and internal policy compliance.
• Provide technical security guidance to IT staff, particularly on vulnerability remediations.
• Participate in application and infrastructure penetration tests, as well as social engineering tests.

Research:

• Maintain situational awareness of the latest cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.
• Working and collaborating with researchers on cyber security related research projects at Clemson University.

Required Skills

• Experience working in Security monitoring and intrusion detection; security assessments and penetration testing; incident response
• Foundational understanding of Networking and IT fundamentals

Preferred Skills

• Scripting
• Log analysis
• Web application
• Experience using security tools like Splunk, BRO/Zeek, FireEye, Tenable, and Stealthwatch
• Windows and Linux hardening experience
• Cloud experience

"This job is W2 only"

Period of Performance: 6+ Months

Remote: 50% Remote

Possibility of Extension: Yes

Location: Columbia, SC

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: $30.00 - $36.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year
• 2 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Clemson, SC 29634: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Cybersecurity (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Clemson, SC 29634

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