Security Analyst

at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Location Remote work from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Iowa
Business Unit Northwestern Medicine Corporate
Job REQID 130997
Job Function Information Technology
Shift Day Job (1st)

Benefits
$10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
$10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
$1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
$250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
Matching 401(k)
Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
Paid time off and Holiday pay
Pay Starting at: $40.34+ per hour based on experience
Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.
Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.
Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.
From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.
Remote work from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, or Ohio
Description
The Security Analyst reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
Responsibilities:
Investigate alerts generated by security controls.
Implement/provide recommendations to improve detection capability accuracy.
Participate to the development/optimization of incident response standards and procedure to increase the organizations cyber resiliency.
Coach and mentor junior resources.
Analyze the enterprise information security environment and recommend security measures to safeguard valuable information assets.
Help identify, evaluate, and report on information security risks.
Collaborate with vendors and internal departments to recommendations to optimize performance of security controls.
Collaborate with network and technology support team to enhance and improve security processes and documentation.
Regularly evaluate and assess information security vulnerabilities, solutions, and organizational posture.
Stays current with security technologies and threats in order to contextualize the events observed in the environment.
Assist in providing initial assessment of impact severity for IT security incidents and executing the appropriate response.
Investigates any fraud and other computer issues.
Perform daily operational tasks required for the department to protect NM's assets. Tasks range from (but are not limited to):
Analyze security alerts
Maintain endpoint protection infrastructure
Facilitate risk evaluation related to vulnerability assessment findings and coordinate risk treatment
AA/EOE
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
Two or more years of professional IT experience, including Cyber Security
Working knowledge of the following subjects:
Network (protocols, topologies)
Security controls (proxies, IPS, IDS, Firewall and packet analyzers)
Systems (Windows, Linux/UNIX)
Software development (development / scripting langages)
Incident Response
Threat and Vulnerability Management
Experience and knowledge of at least two of the major security vendors relevant to the position.
Working knowledge of Security Standards/Controls specified under various IT governance and compliance models (NIST, HIPAA, PCI, ISO 27001&27002, ITIL).
Excellent problem solving skills
Demonstrated timely task completion involving solid organizational skills, task tracking, follow-up, and productive peer interaction.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred:
Certification or courses: Associate of (ISC)/CISSP, GSEC, GCWN, GCED or CEH a plus
Equal Opportunity
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Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation.