Senior Security Analyst, Detection & Response

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Lead investigations and response activities involving security alerts, cybersecurity incidents, phishing attempts, malware, suspicious activity, and other threats across the organization and its business units.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams to contain, remediate, and recover from security incidents.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and provide technical leadership during high-severity security events.
• Conduct threat hunting and proactive security analysis to identify emerging threats, indicators of compromise, and potential vulnerabilities.
• Tune and optimize security alerts across monitoring platforms to improve detection fidelity and reduce false positives.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve incident response procedures, playbooks, workflows, and operational processes.
• Provide recommendations to business stakeholders on security risks, control improvements, remediation priorities, and defensive measures.
• Support employee security awareness through recurring phishing simulation and awareness campaigns.
• Assist with the implementation, maintenance, and operationalization of security technologies, including SIEM and EDR platforms.
• Analyze incident and alert trends to identify systemic security issues and recommend strategic improvements.
• Contribute to major cybersecurity initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, and other cross-functional security projects.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in Information Technology, or 2+ years of hands-on experience specifically focused on incident detection and response.
• Practical experience investigating and responding to security events and cybersecurity incidents.
• Solid understanding of computer systems, infrastructure, cloud environments, and common security attack vectors.
• Familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Knowledge of common defensive security controls and how they are applied to protect enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break complex technical challenges into actionable tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to identify security risks, investigate technical issues, and develop practical remediation approaches.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with security monitoring and technologies such as SIEM and EDR is highly valuable.
• Relevant certifications such as vendor-specific security certifications, Blue Team certifications, or CompTIA Security+ are a plus.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure environment and provide leadership during critical security incidents.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary of $100,000–$130,000 USD annually.
• Opportunity to work in a senior cybersecurity role focused on threat detection, incident response, and security operations.
• Exposure to diverse business environments, cloud platforms, security technologies, and complex cybersecurity challenges.
• Opportunity to influence security strategy, detection capabilities, incident response processes, and organizational resilience.
• Collaborative environment that values diversity of thought, experience, and background.
• Equal employment opportunity and consideration for qualified applicants regardless of legally protected characteristics.