Security Analyst

Looking for stability, career growth, and an opportunity to work with a worldwide synergetic company?Volt Technical Services Group is a FORTUNE 1000 company founded in 1950 with currently over $2 billion in annual sales. With over 350 offices nationwide, VOLT is one of the world's leading Technical Service consulting firms and is a recognized leader in the IT and Engineering arena. Surely this should be worth pursuing!Our client in Phoenix is looking for a Security Analyst.The person in this position will be responsible for production operations information security analysis.Responsible for monitoring and correlating asset level security information across the enterprise. Serve as a security analysis lead and main point of contact for the security operations team to analyze the information security environment and serve as a problem solver where issues exist. Take security information from different sources including Host-Based Intrusion Protection (HIPs), Anti-Virus, and security patch systems; analyze and correlate information. Make recommendations for risk remediation. Lead and track remediation to completion.Review and update security related business rules, make recommendation, lead and track changes. Develop, document and communication production operation processes. Develop, document and communication ongoing trend and business analysis of enterprise security environment. Develop, document and communication security incident recommendations, actions, and remediation efforts.Participate in providing 24 x 7 support for security in production systems as necessary to proactively protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information of the company. Lead investigations of security exposures and gaps in current security status. Assist team in understanding and responding to security audit items.Perform analytical problem solving for end-to-end production operations processes and devise workable solutions. Provide technical expertise to guide the administration of security tools and processes.Work to ensure that the security of enterprise devices is kept within an acceptable level of risk. Proactively reviewing security measures to safeguard information and systems against attack or unauthorized access. Develop disaster recovery plans and processes to ensure contingency exists to ensure continued security protection.In this position, the successful candidate is also responsible for coordinating with the development teams to ensure the successful migration of new security products into production. Partnering with team resources and strategic partners to validate deployment plans and raise awareness of any implications to existing security software or devices. Provide recommendations regarding upgrades, repairs, modifications, or replacements of information security devices or software.Prepare and participate in the delivery of communications to application and asset owners regarding the implementation of necessary computer security controls.Work closely with development resources, risk assessment teams, and other relevant personnel to identify and implement security plans. Assist in determining the methods to enforce security policies.Also key is the individual's ability to ensure consistent, effective communication of key issues that require attention.


Requirements:

3+ years in IT with broad exposure to IT analysis, metrics and processes.1+ years experience in information and systems security.Experience in security methods and tools.Familiarity with multi-platform environments and their operational/security considerations.Experience with security and business analysis.Experience with report analysis and metrics creation. Recent work on projects involving security assurance, IT security, Antivirus, Host-based Intrusion Detection (HID), Host-based Intrusion Protection (HIP), Patch deployment/reporting tools, Previous role in a matrix organization.

Location: Phoenix, AZType: CONTRACTDuration: 180 - 365 DaysPay Rate: DOEContact:VSG Regional Office (Technical)