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Job Description
Central Time Zone working shift hours range between 7:30am-8:30pm, 4 of 7 days a week.
What you’ll be doing:
- The Senior Threat Detection Analyst I is responsible for monitoring the alert stream, conducting the initial assessment and information gathering on security incidents, leveraging various analytical tools, and triage and escalation of security incidents to senior analysts if applicable.
- These individuals also work closely with a number of cybersecurity teams, technical SMEs, and business unit contacts.
Below is the list of GSOC Senior Threat Detection Analyst I (L1) main tasks:
- Monitor alerts and investigate incidents using SIEM and UEBA technologies, packet captures, reports, data visualization, and pattern analysis.
- Analyze, escalate, and assist in remediation of critical information security incidents.
- Improve and challenge existing processes and procedures in a very agile and fast-moving information security environment.
Responsibilities
- Able to work on a 10×7 shift rotating schedule.
- Be eye-on-the-screen to fulfill operational necessity.
- Monitor the alert stream, assess each alert for severity based on the defined criteria in playbooks, and respond within SLO requirements. Escalate potential incidents to the next level for further investigation and remediation.
Qualifications
- 2+ years’ experience in the following areas:
- Demonstrates practical understanding and hands-on knowledge at:
Desired Experience:
- 1+ years of information security related experience, in areas such as: security operations, incident analysis, incident handling, and vulnerability management or testing, system patching, log analysis, intrusion detection, or security device administration.
- Relevant technical and industry certifications are a plus, e.g. Security+, GIAC certifications, SIEM vendor-specific certifications.
Education: A bachelor’s degree is not required, but a degree program with an emphasis on the technical aspects of cybersecurity is very beneficial.
Additional Information
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