IT Security Analyst

Job Summary:

IT Security Analyst is responsible for assessing information risk and facilitates remediation of identified vulnerabilities for IT security and IT risk across the enterprise.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Protecting BMA network and systems from cyber-attacks. This involves researching upcoming IT trends, creating contingency plans, reviewing suspicious activities, reporting security breaches, and educating the rest of the BMA employee on security measure
Assessing information risk and facilitates remediation of identified vulnerabilities for IT security and IT risk across the enterprise.
Assesses information risk and facilitates remediation of identified vulnerabilities with the BMA network, systems and applications.
Monitoring security access. Conducting security assessments through vulnerability testing and risk analysis.
Performing both internal and external security audits, analyzing security breaches to identify the root cause.
Perform network security monitoring and analysis identifies suspicious and malicious activities, review logs and remediate them.
Continuously works with system, network and database administrators to tune security tools to minimize false positives and maximize detection and prevention effectiveness.
Analyses malware and attacker tactics to improve network detection capabilities
Provided technical support for network/system and application oriented queries, maintaining network security and implementing new technologies.
Provide technical expertise and consultation on troubleshooting/provisioning processes and new product procurement.
Monitor Windows server’s logs, Linux systems logs, network devices log, and provide necessary recommendations.
With coordination of each sections admin, monitor computer networks for security issues.
Investigate security breaches and other cyber security incidents.
Install security measures and operate software to protect systems and information infrastructure, including firewalls and data encryption programs.
Document security breaches and assess the damage they cause.
Work with system admin, network admin and database admin to perform tests, uncover network/system, and database vulnerabilities.
Fix detected vulnerabilities to maintain a high-security standard.
Stay current on IT security trends and news.
Develop practices for BMA IT security.
Perform penetration testing.
Help colleagues install security software and understand information security management.
Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management.
Stay up-to-date on information technology trends and security standards.
Gather feedback from end users to continue to improve systems.
Design, analyze and implement efficient IT security systems.
Perform any other tasks assign by the line manager.