Security Administrator

Altice USA
United States, New York, Bethpage
Dec 20, 2024
Optimum Are you looking to Optimize your life? Start your exciting path to a rewarding career today! We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore - it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community. If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you! We areOptimum! Job Summary We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Security Operations Center (SOC) Administrator to join our security operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for documenting, recording, and maintaining comprehensive logs of cybersecurity incidents and activities during security events. Additionally, you will support after-action follow-ups and track the completion of remediation items identified during post-incident analysis, ensuring that all actions are accurately documented and completed. You will collaborate with incident responders, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure the accurate and timely capture of incident details, supporting post-incident reviews, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts. Responsibilities Accurately document all events, actions, decisions, and technical analysis during cybersecurity incidents, ensuring a comprehensive record of the timeline, affected systems, and responses. Work closely with incident responders, analysts, and engineers to capture critical data for ongoing investigations and analysis. Maintain clear, detailed, and organized incident logs that support the incident response process and future audit requirements. Participate in post-incident analysis, ensuring that after-action reviews are documented, lessons learned are recorded, and actions taken are properly tracked. Track the completion of remediation items identified during post-incident analysis or from internal testing, ensuring that they are properly addressed and updated in documentation. Follow up on action items to verify successful resolution. Assist in the creation of post-incident reports, ensuring that remediation efforts, incident trends, and security improvements are captured in a clear and actionable manner. Ensure consistency and adherence to internal documentation standards and incident response protocols across all logs, reports, and records. Contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives, helping to document best practices and improve incident response workflows. Provide feedback to improve incident documentation processes, templates, and tracking systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy in future responses. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; MA or MBA preferred Relevant industry certifications such as Security+, GCIH, or GCIA are desirable Minimum 1-3 years experience in Information Technology preferred Minimum 1-3 years of direct IT Security experience in Security Operations preferred At Optimum, we're fueled by our four core pillars: Taking Ownership, Upholding Transparency, Creating Community, and Demonstrating Expertise. Our commitment to empowering employees to take responsibility and embrace proactive problem-solving underpins Taking Ownership. Upholding Transparency is at the core of our culture, with open and honest communication fostering trust among our dedicated team and loyal customers. Creating Community is more than a goal; it's our daily commitment to fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and positivity. Demonstrating expertise is a promise we uphold through continuous learning and engagement with our customers to consistently deliver top-quality products and services. These pillars not only shape our culture but define Optimum as a place of excellence, trustworthiness, and thriving community, and we invite you to be a part of our journey. If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team, so together, we'll shape the future of connectivity. All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company's discretion based on business necessity. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company collects personal information about its applicants for employment that may include personal identifiers, professional or employment related information, photos, education information and/or protected classifications under federal and state law. This information is collected for employment purposes, including identification, work authorization, FCRA-compliant background screening, human resource administration and compliance with federal, state and local law. Applicants for employment with The Company will never be asked to provide money (even if reimbursable) as part of the job application or hiring process. Please review our Fraud FAQfor further details. This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $83,538.00-$137,241.00/year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.