Threat Analyst

• Full-Time

• Exam May Be Required

• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources;
• Coordinate with city-wide cyber defense teams to validate network, endpoint and identity alerts;
• Ensure that cybersecurity-enabled products or other compensating security control technologies reduce identified risk to an acceptable level;
• Document and escalate incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment;
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting;
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack;
• Perform security reviews and identify security gaps in security architecture resulting in recommendations for inclusion in the risk mitigation strategy;
• Plan and recommend modifications or adjustments based on exercise results or system environment;
• Provide daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices;
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes of such alerts;
• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities;
• Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity;
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods and effects on system and information;
• Determine tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for intrusion sets;
• Examine network topologies to understand data flows through the network;
• Recommend computing environment vulnerability corrections;
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings);
• Work with stakeholders to resolve computer security incidents and vulnerability compliance;
• Provide advice and input for Disaster Recovery, Contingency, and Continuity of Operations Plans.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree, from an accredited college including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in cyber security, network security, computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, information technology, information science, information systems management, network administration, or a pertinent scientific, technical or related area; or 2. A four-year high school diploma or its equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and three years of satisfactory experience in any of the areas described in “1” above; or 3. Education and/or experience equivalent to “1” or “2”, above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in “2” above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. In addition, twenty-four (24) credits from an accredited college or graduate school in cyber security, network security, computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, information technology, information science, information systems management, network administration, or a pertinent scientific, technical or related area; or a certificate of at least 625 hours in computer programming from an accredited technical school (post high school), may be substituted for one year of experience.

Preferred Skills

55a Program

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Residency Requirement

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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