Lead Security Analyst - Swing

Lumifi Cyber • Scottsdale, AZ

379d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Security Analyst - Swing position at Lumifi Cyber involves overseeing the swing shift operations of the security operations center (SOC). The role requires a hands-on approach to lead projects aimed at improving team performance, documentation, and processes while managing a team of junior and senior analysts. The position emphasizes incident response, mentoring, and effective communication, with a focus on enhancing SOC operations and ensuring efficient staffing and scheduling.

Requirements

• Minimum of four years of experience performing triage/incident response in enterprise environments.
• Minimum of four years of experience performing forensic analysis of logs and packet captures to identify malicious artifacts.
• Prior experience mentoring/leading a small team.
• Strong understanding of incident response methodologies and reporting.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to analyze packet captures/data and logs to perform incident response and identify potential compromises to customer networks.
• Possesses a solid understanding of the TCP/IP protocol suite, security architecture, and common TTP's used by threat actors.
• Experience analyzing log and packet data in a SIEM (RSA NetWitness, Azure Sentinel, Splunk, etc.).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated and able to balance multiple concurrent projects.

Nice To Haves

• Higher level security certifications (CEH, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GCTI, GCIA, GREM, GPEN, GFNA, OCSP, CISSP, CISM).
• Strong understanding of ATT&CK Framework, common web attacks, NIST or SANS Incident Handling Procedures, knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems, and networking principles.

Responsibilities

• Aid in the development and revision of security operation center procedures, protocols, and systems.
• Identify and lead projects focused on technological and procedural improvements to SOC operations.
• Ensure efficient and cost-effective staffing and scheduling.
• Handle escalated customer-facing issues and act as the designated incident lead for major incidents.
• Develop and execute training for all SOC functions.
• Provide first-line supervision, mentoring, and leadership of team members.
• Manage a staff of security analysts, including hiring, training, conducting performance reviews, and providing coaching.
• Assist with triaging alerts and threat hunting as needed.
• Maintain on-call hours to handle escalated events after hours and provide emergency coverage in the SOC if needed.
• Define metrics and reporting strategies to communicate the successes and progress of the analyst team.

Benefits

• Health Insurance 80% paid by employer
• Dental Insurance 80% paid by employer
• Vision Insurance 80% paid by employer
• Group Term Life and Long-term disability 100% paid by employer
• Sick, Vacation, and Holiday leave
• Equity Options offered for all employees!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed