About Skyline

Our mission is to build a more resilient and connected society.By providing flawless, next-generation IT services, our team plays an integral role in ensuring that millions of drivers on miles of roads get where they need to go, literally! We help our clients keep their state moving and their cities and neighborhoods safe.

We create business-aware networks today that are flexible and scalable for tomorrow.Our approach lies in understanding your mission and designing a network that will evolve as you face new challenges in a multi-tenant environment. We design the building blocks for future growth with specific expertise in enterprise networks, data centers, and service providers.

About Our Team

Skyline Technology Solutions is a full-service IT integrator, enterprise solution provider, and product developer to transportation, education, and public safety customers in federal, state, local, and commercial spaces. Skyline specializes in managed IT solutions, public safety data, video interoperability, and physical security and access control services.

We create business-aware networks today that are flexible and scalable for tomorrow. Our approach lies in understanding our client's mission and designing a network that will evolve as they face new challenges in a multi-tenant environment. With specific expertise in enterprise networks, data centers, and service providers, we design the building blocks for future growth.

Our New Teammate

Skyline is looking for an energetic, self-motivated, intellectually curious Cyber Defense Analyst with hands-on experience monitoring, detecting, and analyzing threats and strange activities to identify and defend against validated intrusion events.

Our new teammate will join an energetic team that diligently monitors the network and system security events, vigorously hunts for threats, develops alerts for suspicious and malicious activity, and protects the company by escalating these threats for redress. This individual will eagerly contribute to our mission, advance the teams expertise with their knowledge of various security tools and technologies, and support their fellow teammates in a dynamic, growing, and changing environment.

You can expect to spend your tie accomplishingthe following:

• 100% of time on Objective 1: Protect and defend client enterprise networks

Job Responsibilities What to Expect

• Effectively and timely detect, identify, and alert of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities, and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
• Routinely utilize cyber defense tools for continual system monitoring and analysis to identify malicious activity.
• Proactively analyze network alerts and perform event correlation using information gathered from various sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the possible cause and effectiveness of an observed attack.
• Diligently document and escalate incidents (including event history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause an ongoing and immediate impact on the environment to the appropriate engineering resource and customer stakeholders as necessary.
• Expertly perform regular reviews of security news and information sources and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds from various security sources and identify issues that are not detected by monitoring systems through various manual methods.
• Enthusiastically ensure accurate and timely information is communicated to all necessary parties.
• Competently execute Kaizen with active participation in ticket reviews and develop lessons learned based on those reviews.
• Graciously communicate with team members and leadership on findings, questions, and suggestions.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Your Knowledge & Expertise

• Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience accepted.
• 4+ years of previous experience and current ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).
• CySA+ certification required
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certification required.
• Ability to competently recognize vulnerabilities in security systems and evaluate the adequacy of security designs.
• Capacity to assess security controls based on cybersecurity principles and tenants (e.g., CIS, CSC, NIST SP 800-53, Cybersecurity Framework, etc.).
• Skilled in and knowledgeable about cybersecurity and privacy principles, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, risk management processes, and vulnerability information dissemination sources (e.g., alerts, advisories, errata, and bulletins.).
• Working and advancing knowledge of laws, policies, procedures, or governance relevant to cybersecurity necessary for critical infrastructures.
• Demonstrable experience using network analysis tools to identify vulnerabilities.
• Outstanding follow-through and resolution abilities, interpersonal skills, a strong work ethic, and excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills.