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The Associate Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for implementing and maintaining the organization’s cybersecurity framework. This role requires a working knowledge in relevant technologies and processes to protect sensitive data and ensure business continuity against malicious disruptions.
Operational Roles & Responsibilities
- Implement, configure, maintain, support, and monitor the organization's IT cybersecurity infrastructure, including firewalls, antivirus, encryption protocols, intrusion detection systems, access management systems, network monitoring solutions, security operations center systems, and other cybersecurity resources to ensure they are reliable, stable, scalable, secure, and perform optimally.
- Manage the organization's cybersecurity governance, risk management, and compliance programs while enforcing adherence to established controls, policies, procedures, standards, regulations, frameworks, and incident response plans through regular assessments, drills, and training and awareness campaigns.
- Detect and respond to cybersecurity incidents, intrusions, breaches, threats, and vulnerabilities in compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
- Ensure that the cybersecurity infrastructure complies with relevant best practices, regulatory requirements, enterprise architecture standards, governance programs, and cybersecurity policies.
- Manage engagements with contracted vendors for cybersecurity support, managed services, or professional services to ensure that service delivery meets targeted scope, time, cost, and quality constraints.
- Fulfill cybersecurity-related service requests in compliance with the organization's relevant policies and procedures.
- Evaluate and process the cybersecurity aspects of IT demand requests and support the fulfillment of those that are approved in compliance with relevant policies and procedures and by following the organization's IT project management framework.
Minimum Education Required
- Bachelor's Degree in the field of Information Technology or a relevant field.
Professional Certifications Required
- Preferred certifications include:
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- CompTIA Security+
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- GSEC: GIAC Security Essentials Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Years of Experience
- No minimum years of experience required.
Languages
- English: Fully Proficient; Arabic: Not Required.
Functional Competencies
- Due Diligence
- Audit Reporting
- Data Collection
Core Competencies
- Excellence
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Cybersecurity
- Person-Centered Care
