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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

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Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
The IT Security Analyst provides support to IT Security teams responsible for monitoring and scanning systems, applications, network and data for any threats, risk and vulnerabilities across the enterprise. The IT Security Analyst works independently on tasks or with senior Cyber Security staff, to implement, resolve and monitor compliance with security policies, security procedures and authentication rules. The IT Security Analyst will be expected to understand, process, and act upon security breach procedures, escalation procedures, security auditing procedures, and the use of firewalls and encryption routines.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Support with delivery of security solutions for activity‐based assignments, executing and resolving problems within specified area
• Monitor Cyber security anomalies, investigate, resolve and escalate Cyber Security events, incidents and problems
• Review Firewall, IDS/IPS logs, web content filtering logs, net flow device logs, anti‐virus logs
• Support with Cyber Security tools (SIEM, EDR, CASB etc.) administration
• Supports with the evaluation and recommendation of hardware and software systems that provide security functions
• Support security audits and inspecting security logs to uncover possible security violations.
• Monitoring security events across the enterprise
• Support with improvements in the implementation of enterprise wide security standards, procedures and guidelines as guided by senior members.
• Support vulnerability and risk analysis reports, security system output using commercial tools or custom scripts and documenting found gaps
• Interfacing regularly with staff from various departments to communicate security issues and respond to requests for assistance and information
• Providing security support for application and infrastructure related projects as guided by senior team member
• Assists with problem management, security incident response and forensic investigations

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Management or equivalent relevant work experience
• Professional security‐related certifications (e.g. Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), etc.)
• Must possess excellent customer service, strong communication and interpersonal skills, work well with others in an integrated team environment, and must be self‐motivated.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, CASB, IDS/IPS, AV, DLP UEBA, FW, etc. technologies
• Experience performing vulnerability management assessments.
• Experience working in a Cyber Security Operations (or SOC) as an analyst.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security, or equivalent.
• Experience in the transportation industry.
• Experience with scripting languages.
• 2+ years’ experience in cyber security specialization (compliance, information security program management, continuous monitoring, vulnerability assessment)

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed in an office environment
• May require travel up to 10% of the time
• Requires on‐call status
• After hours, weekend and periodic shift work may be required
• Other duties as assigned

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

The salary/hourly range is $82,857 - $93,960. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

Requisition ID:158318
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia
Job Family/Function:Information Technology
Relocation Offered:No
Travel Requirements:Up to 25%

Amtrak employees power our progress through their performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job – we want it to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging and rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, competitive pay, benefits that protect you and your family and a high performance culture that recognizes and values your contributions and helps you reach your career goals.

All positions require pre-employment background check verification, a pre-employment drug screen and proof of full vaccination against COVID -19. Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing. Marijuana, notwithstanding any statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Candidates who engage in the usage of marijuana will not be qualified for hire. Successful applicants for employment with Amtrak must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the date of hire as a condition of employment, subject to requests for accommodation. Fully vaccinated means 14 days have elapsed since receiving the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or 14 days since receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for public transportation ( Title 6 U.S.C. § 1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.

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