Principal Security Operations Analyst

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

Section 1: Position Summary

The Principal Security Ops Analyst will be responsible for operational security responsibilities across Ascensus.

Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Accountability for team’s effectiveness and success
- Establish cross-training within team for availability of SecOps functions
- Security Event Monitoring & Response Monitor security events from all tool sources
- Analyze events filtering for false positives
- Understanding of basic network services, vulnerabilities and attacks
- Incident response process and escalation of events
- Work with the security team to enhance and build new processes & procedures
- Contribute to and maintain documented processes around monitoring & response
- Work closely with information security, IT, risk & governance, and facilities teams.
- Report on security operations metrics quarterly
- Process phishing email escalations from Associates
- Correlate events with other known social engineering attempts

- Management of Security Solutions Build, manage and maintain tools including, but not limited to: IAM
- IPS
- SEIM
- Web Application Firewall
- Anti-Virus, Malware and Endpoint Protection
- CASB
- UBA
- DLP
- Web Proxy/Web content filtering
- Vulnerability management
- File integrity monitoring
- Network Access Control (NAC)

- Maintain documentation around tools
- Champion the information security tool’s usage to maximize features
- Review access requests around content filtering, removable media and exceptions

- Work collaboratively with the various technology teams to accomplish security objectives
- Additional security experience may be gained depending on associate’s level of interest and availability: Assessing and selecting security vendors or solutions
- Identify emerging vulnerabilities and evaluate associated risks
- Assisting in corporate incident response events Security testing (vulnerability scans, aspects of ethical hacking/penetration testing)
- Detailed configuration reviews

- Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
- Our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
- Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned

Section 3:  Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

- Experience managing security tools noted above
- Experience with monitoring, detecting, and responding activities
- Knowledge of information security risks, at least technical aspects including working knowledge around remediation.
- Ability to lead, inspire and motivate associates on the team
- Ability to objectively review the team’s work, implement enhancements and monitor quality
- Strong written and oral communication skills. The ability to communicate effectively (clear, concise and professionally) with all levels within Ascensus.
- Highly organized and able to process and manage inventories of controls and findings.
- Excellent analytical and problem resolution skills.
- Self-starter and able to work independently.
- Persistence and strength to champion initiatives.

Minimum Requirements:

- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Information Security or Security Operations
- Knowledge of networking preferred.
- Expert level proficiency in MS Office software applications, specifically Word, Excel and Power Point
- Bachelor’s degree plus equivalent work experience required.
- CISSP certification preferred.

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