Principal Security Analyst

6 days ago


Waterloo, Canada opentext Full time

**OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY**

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**:
The Principal Security Analyst will understand a wide array of security processes and concepts and have a strong SOC background. In this role the Principal Security Analyst will be involved in monitoring, responding, and protecting CCCSM (Protected B) information assets by working collaboratively with internal teams, SMEs, external customers, auditors, and other stakeholders. The Principal Security Analyst will perform various duties including: SIEM and security monitoring, alarm triage, incident handling, log analysis. This is a hands-on role that will create, maintain, and follow detailed operational processes and procedures to appropriately analyze, escalate, and assist in remediation of information security incidents. This role will also proactively search for, and handle, threats, and abnormal activities within the environment.

**YOU ARE GREAT AT**:

- Security monitoring, managing security cases & tickets, security incident analysis, and other security tasks.
- Analyzing a variety of security logs to identify actionable events (SIEM reports-alerts-tickets, system, network, security monitoring tools)
- Responding to incidents varying from endpoint to server systems
- Conducting security reviews, risk analysis, and controls reviews in adherence to security policy
- Researching security advisories, e.g., CERT, and delivering appropriate course of action
- Creating documentation to ensure all team members can perform required tasks
- Creating meaningful and detailed metrics based on security events or activities
- Collecting evidence and artifacts to meet compliance requirements (ISO, SOX, HIPAA, SOC, etc.)
- Optimizing day-to-day shift resources and needs
- Ensuring appropriate staffing and coverage for assigned shifts
- Managing and communicating up effectively to leadership regarding staffing needs, events that occurred, etc.

**WHAT IT TAKES**:

- Familiarity with commonly used information security concepts, best practices, and standards
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- Experience with SIEM tools and operations (LogRhythm preferred)
- Good analytic, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Research skills for problems and to find information or documentation on related topics
- Experience with vulnerability scanning tools
- Experience with anti-virus and endpoint security solutions
- Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or Systems Engineering or equivalent experience preferred
- 4+ years in Information systems support, security engineering, or risk and governance
- CISSP, CISA, other certifications preferred

Subject to applicable laws and regulations, OpenText’s global vaccination policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter an OpenText office. Accommodations may be available for specific roles.


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