Cybersecurity Analyst

About the role

Fits someone with a year or three of security or systems experience who stays calm during incidents and can explain them to people outside security. Works closely with IT operations and development.

At a glance

What you will do

• Monitor for security events, hunt threats and analyze indicators of compromise.
• Investigate alerts, triage them and either resolve or escalate through the ticketing system.
• Act as a main incident responder: contain, clean up and document each event.
• Run vulnerability scans and penetration tests, then track fixes to completion.
• Administer core security tools and keep their configuration effective.
• Build risk and threat metrics and present reports on the security posture.

What they look for

• Experience deploying, configuring and monitoring endpoint detection and response systems.
• Comfort managing the full alert lifecycle in an incident ticketing system.
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux and macOS plus cloud security practices.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management processes and tools.
• Clear writing and speaking for incident reports and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• CISSP, CISM, SANS or Cisco certifications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life and disability insurance, a 401k, paid time off and some paid holidays.