Senior Associate, Information Security Systems Engineer

Senior Associate, Information Security Systems Engineer

L3

Harris Technologies is dedicated to recruiting and developing high‑performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees share a dedication to our customers’ mission, our culture is built on values, community involvement, and a commitment to excellence in everything we do.

Job Title: Senior Associate, IT Security

Job Code: 32459

Job Location: Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description: L3

Harris is searching for a talented Information Technology (IT) Security professional to join the L3

Harris Security Operations Team as a Security Analyst. This is an operations‑center staff position that supports the Enterprise Security Operations Center (SOC). The position is on‑site in Melbourne, FL, with rotating shift periods that include evenings and weekends. Applicants must be willing to support on‑call and shift rotations.

• Position is on‑site in Melbourne, FL.
• Requires ability to obtain FAA Public Trust Suitability.
• Requires ability to support on‑call and shift rotations.
• Requires travel to disaster recovery site and support as needed.

• Responsible for Tier 1 security configuration hardening, incident detection & investigation, and reporting to management and customer security contacts.
• Monitor security events to identify anomalies for possible incidents within the network.
• Manage Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure and applications, including workflow management, threat hunting assignments, threat intelligence ingestion, rule/alert creation, and operational maintenance.
• Use developed skills, tools, and external resources to validate security‑related events to determine validity, exposure, or false‑positive conditions.
• Retrieve, correlate, and analyze event history, configuration files, and system logs to assess presence of anomalous events.
• Produce time‑critical technical reports to management outlining incidents and potential mitigation.
• Communicate with SOC and Network Operations Center (NOC) staff about potential incidents, indicators, and/or warnings.
• Troubleshoot and effect restoration of service‑impacting issues affecting customer VPN performance.
• Handle trouble calls from customers and internal network users.
• Apply baseline security configurations to network equipment to harden or update to meet approved requirement baselines.
• Provide on‑call support on a rotational basis as needed on weeknights and weekends.
• Work in a fast‑paced operational environment to maintain availability and resiliency of network security services to customers.

• BS/BA (or equivalent) degree in IT Security or related field, and a minimum of 2 years related experience; or a minimum of 4 years related experience after a post‑secondary/associate’s degree.
• Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust security clearance.

• Understanding of various operating systems (e.g., Windows, Linux).
• Experience with system logs and log analysis.
• Knowledge of predominant cyber‑attack vectors (buffer overflow, phishing, etc.).
• Experience as an Information Security Operations Center analyst.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or equivalent.
• Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation.
• Knowledge of vulnerability mitigation.
• Knowledge of SIEM functions, threat hunting, event correlation, dashboard creation, metrics development, and creating alerts based on threat intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOC).
• Strong written and oral communication skills; self‑motivated, proactive, curious, and able to work well in a team.
• Ability to prioritize vulnerability mitigation efforts based on risk assessments.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3

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