Senior IT Security Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and self-driven Senior IT Security Analyst to strengthen our cyber defense capabilities. This role is ideal for a hands-on security professional who thrives in fast-paced environments, leads incident response efforts, and can independently drive investigations to resolution.

You will play a key role in detecting, investigating, and coordinating responses to cybersecurity threats across enterprise and cloud environments while collaborating effectively with technical and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

. Lead security monitoring, threat detection, and incident investigation activities.

. Drive end-to-end security incident response, containment, recovery, and post-incident analysis.

. Perform forensic investigations and threat hunting to identify suspicious activity and emerging risks.

. Monitor and analyze security alerts, user behavior, and anomalies across enterprise environments.

. Conduct security assessments and recommend practical risk mitigation strategies.

. Partner with cross-functional teams to improve security operations and incident readiness.

. Mentor junior analysts and contribute to continuous SOC capability improvement.

. Prepare clear technical and executive-level incident communications and reporting.

Required Skills & Experience

. 4-7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience, preferably in Security Operations, Incident Response, or Threat Detection.

. Strong experience working with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR platforms and security monitoring technologies.

. Experience securing cloud environments (AWS & Azure), including cloud-native security monitoring and investigations.

. Strong understanding of network security, attack techniques, threat detection, and forensic investigation.

. Proven experience leading or coordinating major security incidents across multiple stakeholders.

. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and make sound decisions.

. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to confidently drive incident coordination under pressure.

. A self-starter mindset with strong ownership and the ability to work with minimal guidance.

Preferred

. Experience with automation and orchestration in SOC environments.

. Exposure to threat intelligence, detection engineering, or security operations optimization.

. Relevant cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, GCIA, GCIH, SC-200, AZ-500, Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike).

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