Security Analyst

AHEAD is seeking a Security Analyst to join our internal Platform Security team at the Chicago headquarters. This position contributes to the successful delivery of AHEAD’s information security program in order to assure AHEAD stakeholders and clients of strong operating controls.

The security analyst is responsible for incident monitoring and reporting, coordinating company-wide security training and responding to client security questionnaires. A typical day will include reviewing and remediating alerts in our SIEM and working on information security-related projects. Responsibilities also include tracking the security posture of our mission critical technology vendors.

Reporting directly to our Sr. Platform Security Manager, the ideal candidate must be a professional, collaborative team player that is comfortable working with people at all levels of the organization. Applicants should possess exceptional analytical, communication, follow-up and quality assurance skills along with an understanding of the Agile project management framework.

Responsibilites:

• Configure and analyze security tools and software
• Perform log analysis and correlation across data sources
• Participate in incident response and containment activities
• Configure and maintain security tools and platforms
• Create and maintain security documentation
• Design and implement security tool configurations
• Monitor and optimize security tool performance
• Develop automation for security operations

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a security analyst in a corporate environment
• Prior experience using monitoring tools such as CrowdStrike Next-Gen or other SIEM products
• Prior experience working with Email Security tools such as Abnormal and M365
• Prior experience working with CSPM solutions such as Wiz
• Cloud Computing/Security experience with CSP’s such as Azure and AWS
• Basic understanding of network/security solutions such as WAF, NGFW and VPC
• Basic understanding of SOC2 security framework
• Detail-oriented and analytical with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience with scripting for automation of security processes
• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity or equivalent experience

Certifications:

• CompTIA Security+ certification
• CCSP, CCSK or other cloud security certification