Information Security Analyst (SME)

About the Role Cape Fox Federal Integrators is seeking an experienced Information Security Analyst Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support security analysis and incident response for NIGC information systems. The role offers a salary range of $120,000 - $145,000 plus comprehensive benefits.

What You'll Do

• Perform all security analysis activities according to established standards.
• Maintain threat awareness and monitor NIGC information systems for exploits and any suspicious activities; analyze aggregated logs and reports from security tools.
• Develop a daily security analysis and reporting checklist and execute activities identified in the checklist.
• Evaluate effectiveness of security analysis activities compared to best practices and recommend improvements.
• Adhere to Continuous Monitoring practices to evaluate the effectiveness of implemented security controls and execute proactive threat hunting activities to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of NIGC information systems.
• Develop detection and response configuration policies to increase automation and alerting.
• Develop Incident handling procedures.
• Execute Incident Response activities to include all associated actions according to the NIGC incident response plan.
• Validate that sufficient and relevant information is captured and retained from security tools to support actionable security awareness and incident investigations.
• Collect security operations performance and NIGC security posture management metrics and prepare NIGC threat reports to inform risk management decisions.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 4+ years of related experience.
• Must complete applicable background investigations, obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance, execute a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), comply with all NIGC policies, and acknowledge and sign the NIGC Rules of Behavior.
• CompTIA SEC+ certification desired.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986.
• Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%.

Nice to Have

• CompTIA SEC+ certification is desirable (already noted as preferred).

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $120,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year.
• Benefits include company holidays, paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life and disability insurance, as well as 401(k) with company match.