Senior Security Analyst

Role overview As a Senior Security Analyst, you will help monitor and defend corporate, product, and mission environments against cyber threats. The work combines security operations, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics, vulnerability management, and compliance support, with findings shared across security, IT, and product teams.

Responsibilities - Analyze events, alerts, system and application logs, network traffic, and SaaS security data to identify suspicious activity and compliance concerns. - Investigate incidents and potential malware, using threat intelligence and forensic evidence to guide response. - Hunt for threats across enterprise and mission environments, and improve detection through searches, alerts, dashboards, and automation. - Work with IT and product owners to prioritize vulnerabilities, resolve misconfigurations, and scope offensive testing. - Assess systems against hardened baselines and applicable security requirements; document findings, procedures, and recommendations. - Support employee security training, tabletop exercises, and compliance programs.

Requirements - At least seven years of experience in IT security and in security analysis or digital forensics and incident response. - A relevant security certification, such as CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GCDA, a qualifying cloud security certification, or an equivalent listed credential. - Experience with endpoint security mechanisms on Windows, macOS, or Linux, and with at least one of incident response, digital forensics, malware analysis, or network traffic analysis. - Ability to document technical processes and analysis clearly for peer review. - Experience analyzing event logs, packet captures, or network flow data, and collecting evidence for investigations.

Nice to have - Linux security experience, including Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, or CentOS; familiarity with cloud, infrastructure-as-code, scripting, containers, or secure development practices. - Experience with security monitoring and compliance frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIGs, SOX/ITGC, CMMC, or NIST 800-171.

Benefits and work setup The role can be based in the United States, including near either of the listed office hubs, and the team is geographically distributed. Listed US benefits include health coverage, paid leave, retirement matching, professional development, and an employee stock purchase program. The stated annual base range for the named office locations is $80,000–$90,000; pay may vary elsewhere.