Threat Analyst 3
Sophos
•CA$74,000 - CA$123,000•Remote
About The Position
As a Threat Analyst on our Managed Threat Response (MDR) team, you will provide best-in-class monitoring, detection, and response services to proactively defend customer environments before attacks prevail. You will work alongside and contribute to a team of cyber threat hunters, incident response analysts, engineers, and ethical hackers by using enterprise, log analysis and endpoint collection systems to facilitate investigations, identification, and neutralization of cyber threats.
Requirements
- Minimum 4+ years of experience working in a SOC environment or computer security team in an IT environment
- Experience with threat hunting
- Experience with endpoint and network security monitoring
- Experience administering and supporting Windows OS (both workstations and server) and one of the following: Apple or Linux-based operating systems (e.g. XP, Windows 7, 2003, 2008, OS X)
- Knowledge of common adversary tactics and techniques, e.g., obfuscation, persistence, defense evasion, etc.
- Knowledge of Mitre ATT&CK framework
- Knowledge of incident response procedures
- Basic understanding of network traffic analysis including TCP/IP, routing, switching, protocols, etc.
- Basic understanding of Windows event log analysis
Nice To Haves
- Experience with SQL query construction
- Experience with OSQuery
- Experience with enterprise information security data management - SIEM experience
- Programming and scripting skills - proficient knowledge of Powershell
Responsibilities
- Investigate and analyze logs and security-related events via Sophos tooling
- Identify and respond to cyber threats occurring within customer environments
- Communicate and document findings to various customer audiences including technical and executive teams
- Follow up with customers through to issue resolution and drive continuous improvement by providing detailed recommendations to minimize risk in customer environments
- Acknowledge and satisfy inbound customer requests and interact with customers through various mediums
- Collaborate and assist with core security and threat response teams
- Actively research emerging Indicators of Compromise/Attack, exploits and vulnerabilities with the intent of operationalizing findings to better protect our customers
Benefits
- bonus eligibility
- comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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