Security Analyst - North Central region

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.
General Description
As an Security Analyst, you will be part of a team of highly skilled engineers providing delivery services for customers in several verticals, including retail, finance, healthcare, and more. Your primary responsibilities revolve around partnering with our customers to advise, develop, implement, and optimize all components of the vulnerability management lifecycle.
About the North Central Vulnerability/Exposure Management practice
The North Central Vulnerability/Exposure Management practice is responsible for scoping, planning, and delivering on exposure management initiatives to help drive risk reduction for customers. The team handles point in time consulting engagements and long-term managed service engagements to help fulfill customer requests and needs.
Our team works with a broad set of technologies and is constantly evaluating the landscape to help customers stay ahead of the curve. Solutions such as Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7 often provide the backbone of customer exposure management infrastructure and are critical to understand and support. Helping customers determine the best technology for them and continually assessing what’s new on the market is crucial to success in this role and on this team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Execute and manage vulnerability scanning of internal, external, and cloud networks
Plan, design, and implement enterprise vulnerability scanning infrastructure in a hybrid or multi-cloud architecture
Deploy vulnerability management infrastructure such as scanners, sensors, and agent configurations on-premise and in the cloud.
Advise customers on Vulnerability Management best practices
Perform Vulnerability Management gap assessments for customers
Provide guidance and collaborate with peers on the Vulnerability Management practice team
Establish credibility as a trusted advisor to our customers
Embraces emerging technologies, including AI tools, to work smarter, solve problems, and drive better business outcomes
Required Experience and Education:
Bachelor’s degree and 1+ year of information security experience
1+ year of vulnerability engineering experience
Must have experience with Rapid 7, Tenable or Qualys Vulnerability Management
Advanced practical skills in vulnerability assessment tooling such as Tenable, Rapid7, and Qualys.
Experience with scripting tasks using native tools such as BASH, PowerShell, Python, or other native scripting languages is a plus
Asset management skills and experience with tools like Axonius and Armis is a plus
Experience with aggregation solutions such as Zafran and Nucleus is a plus
Experience with cloud service providers such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Experience with Kubernetes, containers, Ci/CD or serverless is a plus
An understanding of operating systems such as Windows Server, Windows Workstations, Mac OSX, RHEL, and Ubuntu Linux and the ability to perform advanced functions at the CLI
Ability to manage time independently while handling multiple projects concurrently
Strong written and verbal communication skills
A strong desire to learn new technologies and contribute to a fast-growing company
Travel Requirements:
Up to 10% travel
Physical Requirements:
Sedentary work
Substantial movement of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers for a minimum of 8 hours a day
Required to have close visual acuity to view computer terminal and/or extensive reading for a minimum of 8 hours a day
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Why GuidePoint?
GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,300 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 6,200 customers.
Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.
This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.
Some added perks….
Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
Pet Benefit Option