Cyber Security Analyst II (Remote)

Availity delivers revenue cycle and related business solutions for health care professionals who want to build healthy, thriving organizations. Availity has the powerful tools, actionable insights and expansive network reach that medical businesses need to get an edge in an industry constantly redefined by change.

At Availity, we're not just another Healthcare Technology company; we're pioneers reshaping the future of healthcare! With our headquarters in vibrant Jacksonville, FL, and an exciting office in Bangalore, India, along with an exceptional remote workforce across the United States, we're a global team united by a powerful mission.

We're on a mission to bring the focus back to what truly matters – patient care. As the leading healthcare engagement platform, we're the heartbeat of an industry that impacts millions. With over 2 million providers connected to health plans, and processing over 13 billion transactions annually, our influence is continually expanding.

Join our energetic, dynamic, and forward-thinking team where your ideas are celebrated, innovation is encouraged, and every contribution counts. We're transforming the healthcare landscape, solving communication challenges, and creating connections that empower the nation's premier healthcare ecosystem.

The Cybersecurity Analyst II is a member of the Security Operations Center, Cyber Defense team responsible for the protection of Availity’s online and corporate systems. This role will actively monitor, analyze, assess, and respond to alerts and detections of abnormal or potential malicious network or host behavior. The member will also be regularly exposed to other elements of the Cyber Defense team’s functions such as incident response, host and network forensics, offensive security and cyber threat intelligence.

Sponsorship, in any form, is not available for this position.

Location: Remote, US

Why you want to work on this team:

• This team is highly invested in sharpening and growing your skills, therefore advanced and continuation training is a high priority.
• We strive to grow our analysts and engineers to be versatile and highly contributable to the team’s mission, therefore we encourage members to experience and gain exposure to multiple functions and capabilities of the SOC.
• We pride ourselves in constantly searching for the best technologies to achieve our mission of protecting and securing healthcare data; you will be performing your duties on the most modern and efficient technologies and software!

Role qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technology field or equivalent in comparable work experience within the information security field.
• Greater than 2 years experience in cybersecurity operations.
• Extensive experience with SIEM/SOAR/EDR tools.
• Extensive experience with Splunk.
• Strong understanding of network traffic principles, as well as ports, protocols and services (SSLP, HTTP, FTP, NTP, NSF, SSH, LDAP, etc).
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure devices such as firewalls, proxies, routers, switches, IDS/IPS.
• Active Directory skills and experience.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts such as authentication procedures, access controls, encryption, etc.
• Good understanding of modern cyber threats.
• Good understanding of Incident Response principles.
• Good understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Certified in a reputable cybersecurity-related certification such as CompTia Security+, CySA+, or equivalent or greater certification; total cybersecurity experience will be considered as a certification substitute.

Job Preferences:

• Experience with healthcare-related standards (HIPAA).
• Experience or exposure to network or host forensics.
• Understanding of emerging threats and cyber threat hunting.
• Experience in incident response actions, closing an incident from the initial detection to recovery actions.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language.

What you will be doing:

• Filter, process, and prioritize SIEM detections and integrate with the cyber defense team to mitigate and eliminate any anomalous, abnormal, or malicious host or network behavior.
• Perform network and host analysis of potential intrusions to the network, servers, operating systems, firewalls, proxies and other infrastructure devices.
• Contributing to the team’s threat intelligence platform to ensure the team remains one step ahead of malicious cyber actors.
• Deliver weekly operational metrics that influence leadership’s decision-making on optimizing the security of the network.
• Engage in purple team exercises to document potential gaps in security and security controls to determine training and capabilities needed to maintain maximum protection against the current threat landscape.
• Participate in threat modeling collaboration with other members of the security team.

Availity culture and benefits:

• Availity is a certified “Great Place to Work”, a “Best Workplaces for Technology Companies”, a “Best Workplaces for Women” and a “Best Workplaces for Millennials”!
• Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!
• We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams and various ways to engage with fellow Availity associates. “AvaiLadies”, “Beyond Black”, “HOLA”, “Availity Pride”, “VetAvaility” a Young Professionals Group and “She Can Code IT” a group for women in tech are some of the groups you can get involved in.
• Availity is a culture of continuous learning. We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too!
• We offer a competitive salary, bonus structure, generous HSA company contribution, healthcare, vision, dental benefits and a 401k match program that you can take advantage of on day one!
• We offer unlimited PTO for salaried associates + 9 paid holidays. Hourly associates start at 19 days of PTO and go up from there with all the same holiday benefits.
• Interested in wellness? We allow our associates to reimburse up to $250/year for gym memberships, participation in racing events, weight management programs, etc.
• Interested in furthering your education? We offer education reimbursement!
• Availity offers Paid Parental Leave for both moms and dads, both birth parents and adoptive parents.
• Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? You’re at the right place! Availity partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign.

Next steps:

After you apply, you will receive text/email messages thanking you for applying and then you will continue to receive more text/email messages alerting you as to where you are in the recruitment process.

Interview process:

• Manager resume review
• Talent Partner video interview
• Remote one-way video interview
• Panel video interview
• Candidate may be required to travel for final in-person interview

Availity is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions in employment matters without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.

 

Availity is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

 

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