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. 

Job Description – Principal Security Analyst

ENABLING THE DIGITAL WORLD

OpenText enables the digital world by simplifying, transforming, and accelerating enterprise information needs, on premises or in the cloud. We embrace all things digital and are committed to being the Best Place to Work for our Employees in over 140 locations around the world.

We obsess over our customers to ensure they are wildly successful in embracing the Digital World. Our customers entrust us with their most important information, we need to be their most trusted partner. What we do, we do well. What we create, we do purposefully to impact the world. If you believe in this and are passionate about enabling the Digital World, then let OpenText turn your career vision into reality.

THE OPPORTUNITY: 

The Principal Security Analyst will understand a wide array of security processes and concepts and have a strong SOC background. They have excellent analysis, prioritization, and incident handling skills. The Principal Security Analyst will perform various duties including: SIEM and security tool 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. You will also proactively search for, and handle, threats, and abnormal activities within the environment. Principal Security Analysts are expected to ensure all team members are trained, supported, and mentored.

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
   

OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. Should you require accommodations during the selection process, please contact accommodationrequests@opentext.com.

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.