Information Security Analyst - Hybrid - Norcross, GA

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Job Description

The Information Security Analyst is a vital contributor to USANs Information Security Program, playing a crucial role in safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of USANs and its customers' information and IT assets. The Analyst specializes in both general and AWS-specific security practices, including deploying security applications, monitoring security operations, and managing comprehensive security solutions in AWS.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. No agencies please.

Position Objectives:

• Conduct daily monitoring, tuning, and operational management of security systems, including SIEM, IPS/IDS, FIM, UBA, IAM, MFA, and AWS security tools such as GuardDuty and Inspector.
• Serve as the primary resource for managing vulnerability scanning programs, conducting periodic assessments using internal platforms and AWS Inspector.
• Oversee cybersecurity technologies' implementation, configuration, and ongoing support to enhance security posture.
• Actively participate in third-party information security audits, utilizing standard and AWS-specific audit tools.
• Assist in configuring, maintaining, and monitoring compliance of security resources and AWS CI/CD build templates.
• Support the Information Security Manager with risk assessments, incident response, security assessments, audits, and gap remediation.
• Review daily logs from AWS (CloudTrail, CloudWatch) and traditional security systems to identify cybersecurity events and ensure compliance.
• Keep abreast of emerging information security trends and evaluate innovative technologies for potential incorporation into USANs security framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily operations, tuning, and monitoring security systems, including SIEM and AWS GuardDuty.
• Assist in incident response under the guidance of the Information Security Manager and AWS-specific incidents, ensuring timely investigation and resolution.
• Configure and manage IAM solutions, including two-factor authentication systems and AWS roles and permissions.
• Coordinate the File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) processes, focusing on configuration, management, and incident response.
• Participate in periodic and project-specific risk assessments, focusing on AWS environments and general enterprise systems.
• Conduct scheduled vulnerability assessments, performing weekly evaluations for production environments and weekly assessments in AWS.
• Maintain readiness to deploy forensic tools promptly during incident response activities.
• Ensure timely completion of quarterly entitlement reviews, managing both traditional access reviews and AWS roles and permissions.
• Assist the sales team with addressing customer-generated security questionnaires.
• Support senior leadership during third-party audits (PCI, HIPAA, SOC2).
• Fulfill additional responsibilities assigned by the management team.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 4 years experience in information security roles.
• At least 2 years of experience configuring and monitoring AWS security tools.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and complete project milestones and achieve organizational goals.

Qualifications:

• CISSP certification
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification
• AWS Security Specialty Certification
• Experience implementing and operating network security systems.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (HIPAA, PCI, SOC2).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for effective security incident management.
• Expertise in vulnerability and exploit research and analysis.

Job Benefits:
Healthcare benefits
401K plan
Paid company holidays
Paid vacation
Business casual work environment
Annual performance based bonus program

Company Description:
United States Advanced Network, In. (USAN) is a privately held corporation based out of Norcross, GA (a suburb of Atlanta, GA). Founded in 1989, USAN has a 26 year history of providing carrier grade telecom solutions. From USANs initial service offering of hosted IVR, USAN has continued to develop new private cloud solutions and capabilities. USANs multi-channel customer engagement platform provides hosted IVR, ACD as SaaS, customer engagement via SMS/Text, Web service offerings, and customer engagement via social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Today, the USAN cloud handles more than one billion transactions yearly for some of the worlds largest companies. Our fifth-, carrier-grade network and platform architecture delivers reliable traffic capacity and availabilitygreater than 99.999% in each year of operation.

For more information, please visit us at www.usan.com