Information Security Analyst

About Us

For more than 150 years, Erie and Niagara has been a policyholder-owned New York State regional insurance company. Providing property and casualty insurance coverage for more than 80,000 policyholders within the Western and Central New York areas, we continue to be voted a Best Place to Work in WNY by Buffalo's Business First year over year.

Position Overview

Erie and Niagara is seeking a full-time Information Security Analyst for our IT Department. This is a great opportunity to join an established WNY company. This position is responsible for providing technical expertise in securing the networks, servers, workstations, laptops, and other devices against IT threats and vulnerabilities. Adherence to security requirements of New York State Department of Financial Services regulation 500, as well as responding to audit and assessment requests.

We offer a competitive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental and Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Supplemental benefit and insurance options
• 401k with up to 6% company match
• Pension
• Generous PTO
• Profit share and more!

Employees may be eligible for a hybrid telecommuting schedule upon successful completion of a training period.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor networks and devices for anomalous activity
• Using suite of security tools create alerts for anomalous activity
• Conduct security assessments, penetration tests and simulations to assess risks
• Create and maintain documented policies and procedures to mitigate risks
• Work with internal and external resources to conduct audits and assessments of established policies and procedures
• Work with internal and external resources to perform security assessments including, but not limited to phishing, social engineering, vishing, and other security threat vectors
• Respond to security threats and vulnerabilities
• Prepare standardized reports detailing threats, vulnerabilities, risks, and mitigation steps
• Document security monitoring and response procedures and cross train additional staff
• Assist in companywide system upgrades as needed
• Utilize established security tools, guidelines and conventions including but not limited to SIEM, Anti-Malware, Carbon Black Detect and Protect, firewall rules and policies, Microsoft Intune compliance policies, Operating System Hardening tools
• Respond to internal support requests for ad-hoc security requests
• Perform other related duties as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or minimum eight years’ experience
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task
• Ability to set and meet deadlines as necessary
• Must have excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of network protocols, operating systems, virtualization hypervisors
• Knowledge of security standards including, but not limited to NIST, ISO, CIS
• Ability to analyze complex data to identify anomalies
• CISSP, GIAC, or CEH certification desired, but not required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Must have demonstrated ability to quickly master new technologies

Pay range for this position is $80,000-$115,000 annually depending on experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. The expected salary range for this position is displayed in accordance with the New York State Pay Transparency Law.

Erie and Niagara is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $80,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Williamsville, NY 14231 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $80,000 - $115,000