Cybersecurity Operations Analyst

Firm Overview 

Bertram Capital is a private equity firm targeting investments in lower middle market companies. Since its inception in 2006, the firm has raised over $3.5B of capital commitments. Bertram has distinguished itself in the private equity community by combining venture capital operating methodologies with private equity financial discipline to empower its portfolio companies to unlock their full business potential. This approach is unique in that Bertram is not singularly focused on achieving its investment returns through financial engineering and the extraction of near-term cash flow. Instead, Bertram focuses on reinvestment and technology enablement to drive growth and value through digital marketing, e-commerce, big data and analytics, application development and internal and external platform optimization. 

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Position Description

The Cybersecurity Operations Analyst role provides oversight, policy, compliance, and technical controls, ensuring a safe computing environment in addition to data governance and protection.    Bertram Labs, the technology partner to Bertram Capital Management, is looking for a Cybersecurity Operations Analyst. In this role, you will evaluate, create, and update information security policies enforcing security practices and protocols, including monitoring security systems and alerts. This role’s primary responsibility is protecting data through the rigorous application of tools and skills for intrusion/breach prevention, threat hunting, and incident response.  You will monitor and fight threats to Bertram’s computing infrastructure. You will also evaluate security policy, security systems and report on security incidents measuring the effectiveness of technical controls.   Location: Remote but must be located in California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, Florida, New York, Georgia, or Ohio   Responsibilities: 

• Participate in incident response, including evaluation, mitigation, and reporting actions to detect and contain activity.
• Manage implementation of vendor tools.
• Monitor and analyze endpoint security systems and data networks, including reviewing network device alerts and logs, monitoring intrusion prevention and detection systems, and user computing devices.
• Perform response and investigation activities and maintains logs to record and report incidents.
• Maintain documentation on an ongoing basis of our network and applications.
• Provide input on various design topologies from a security perspective and identify the pros and cons of each approach.
• Train Bertram personnel on security policies and procedures; assist in the development of security training programs.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another technical field preferred 
• Four years of administering information security systems, including application testing, information assurance program gap analysis or incident response in a financial related industry.
• Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+ preferred
• Ability to communicate security needs and recommendations with business leaders
• Knowledge of information security infrastructure and architecture of both tactical and strategic perspectives
• Management of vendor due diligence and evaluation of security policy to ascertain security posture of external relationships
• Ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation)
• Knowledge of public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Provide after-hours support (on-call)

 

Compensation and Benefits

The expected salary range for this position is: $120,000- $140,000 total annual compensation plus additional annual bonus beginning after 1 year of tenure. Offered salary may be based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, and qualifications for the role. 

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits are provided at no cost to the employee. We offer a generous 401K match as well as a “take what you need” PTO policy. 

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Bertram Capital we value and celebrate the many perspectives that arise from a variety of cultures, genders, religions, national origins, ages, abilities, socioeconomic status and sexual orientation. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) ensures that Bertram is a place that attracts, grows, and promotes top talent from all backgrounds.