Senior Threat Detection & Response Analyst III
About The Position
CLEAR is seeking a Senior Threat Detection & Response Analyst III to join its Security Operations Center team and strengthen the company’s ability to detect, investigate, and respond to evolving security threats. The role leads complex investigations, improves threat detection and response capabilities, and serves as a trusted security partner while helping develop analysts and the program. The analyst investigates events across corporate networks, endpoints, data centers, cloud environments, and other critical systems; develops and tunes detection logic; partners cross-functionally to drive remediation; and applies threat intelligence, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve security workflows. The role also serves as an escalation point and mentor, evaluates detection coverage against the evolving threat landscape, and improves Security Operations processes and documentation. Participation in an on-call rotation is required, including responding to critical incidents outside standard working hours as needed. Success is measured by accurate investigations and timely remediation, improvements in workflows and detection capabilities, stronger team capability through mentorship and documentation, and improved detection coverage, alert fidelity, and response times.
Requirements
- 8+ years of cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years in security operations, threat detection, incident response, or a related discipline.
- Deep knowledge of SIEM, EDR, and security monitoring technologies, with demonstrated experience investigating complex events and developing, tuning, and optimizing detection logic.
- Experience applying threat intelligence and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, or ISO 27001 to identify adversary behavior, evaluate detection coverage, and strengthen security controls.
- Experience using data, automation, scripting, and AI-enabled security tools to improve threat detection and investigation workflows, with strong analytical judgment to validate findings and make informed decisions.
- Ability to solve complex security problems independently, communicate findings clearly, build trusted cross-functional relationships, and mentor other analysts.
- Experience working across teams and functions to deliver strategic, program-level goals.
Nice To Haves
- Certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, or OSCP.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex security-event investigations across corporate networks, endpoints, data centers, cloud environments, and other critical systems, from initial analysis through escalation and remediation.
- Develop, tune, and optimize threat detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and other security platforms; identify coverage gaps, reduce false positives, and improve alert fidelity.
- Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, and other teams to investigate threats, identify root causes, communicate risk, and drive timely remediation and security improvements.
- Apply threat intelligence, data, automation, and AI-enabled tools to identify emerging attack patterns, accelerate investigations, improve detection workflows, and strengthen decision-making.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for analysts; mentor junior team members and help establish scalable processes, playbooks, and standards.
- Evaluate detection coverage against the evolving threat landscape and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, identifying opportunities to improve visibility and proactively defend against emerging threats.
- Lead improvements to Security Operations workflows, standard operating procedures, documentation, and tooling to improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of threat analysis and incident response.
- Communicate technical findings, risk, and recommended actions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, tailoring detail to the audience.
- Participate in the Security Operations on-call rotation and respond to critical security events and incidents outside standard working hours as needed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare plans.
- Family-building benefits, including fertility and adoption/surrogacy support.
- Flexible time off.
- Annual wellness stipend.
- Free OneMedical memberships for the employee and dependents.
- CLEAR Plus membership.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
- Stipends and reimbursement programs for well-being and learning and development.
- Catered lunches every day and fully stocked kitchens at offices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
