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Junior Security Analyst Resume

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Largo, MarylanD

SUMMARY

With continuous monitoring, I can interpret and prioritize threats using Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems; Security Incident/Event Management (SIEM). I can analyze packets using various security tools and recognize potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises through analysis and review of security events, logs and network traffic. I can also perform static and dynamic malware analysis in an isolated virtualized environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

  • Nitro
  • ArcSight
  • Splunk
  • NetWitness
  • FireEye
  • TippingPoint
  • Snort
  • App Detective
  • IDS Policy Manager
  • Nmap
  • Nessus
  • RSA Security Analytics
  • Firewall Logs
  • Remote Administration (VNC
  • Putty
  • SSH)
  • CheckPoint Firewall
  • Wireshark
  • TCPdump
  • REMnux
  • and various tools for Malware and Packet analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Confidential, Largo Maryland

Junior Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze systems on client's network to identify vulnerabilities, anomalous network behavior, compromised network hardware, and advanced malware
  • Provide prioritized recommendations to either remove or mitigate issues detected, helping to harden and defend the client's network
  • Utilize commercial, open - source and internal, custom-built tools and techniques
  • Aid the client in implementing many of the corresponding countermeasures
  • Provide guidance in handling incidents where malicious network traffic behavior is identified and in removing malware from the network
  • Perform Computer Security Incident Response activities and coordinate with other government agencies to record and report incidents
  • Monitor and analyze Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation
  • Recognize potential, successful and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information

Confidential, Beltsville, MD

Junior Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

  • Monitor intrusion detection and prevention systems and other security event data sources on a 24x7x365 basis.
  • Determine if security events monitored should be escalated to incidents and follow all applicable incident response and reporting processes and procedures.
  • Ability to problem solve, ask questions, and discover why things are happening.
  • Correlate data from intrusion detection and prevention systems with data from other sources such as firewall, web server, and DNS logs.
  • 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.
  • Reporting outputs will be reviewed and approved to ensure quality and metrics are maintained.
  • Responsible for tuning and filtering of events and information, creating custom views and content using all available tools following an approved methodology and with approval and concurrence from management.

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