Lead Cybersecurity Operations Analyst (100% Remote)

Essential Responsibilities

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

• Lead Threat Monitoring and Oversee the continuous monitoring of SIEM systems, IDS/IPS, and other tools, ensuring the detection of advanced threats while mentoring team members on best practices.
• Develop and Execute Incident Response Strategies. Lead the response to high-severity incidents, including coordinating containment, eradication, recovery efforts, and conducting post-incident reviews to improve processes.
• Drive Threat Hunting Design and execute advanced threat hunting campaigns, identifying and addressing sophisticated threats before they escalate into incidents.
• Enhance SOC Processes and Workflows. Evaluate and optimize existing SOC procedures, playbooks, and workflows to increase efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Implement and Refine Security Lead projects to deploy, configure, and fine-tune security technologies, ensuring they align with the organization s threat landscape and operational requirements.
• Act as a Technical Mentor. Provide leadership and guidance to junior and mid-level SOC analysts, fostering skill development and ensuring high standards across the team.
• Collaborate on Strategic Security Work with cross-functional teams to design and implement security measures that align with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and industry standards.

• Lead Threat Intelligence Manage the collection, analysis, and application of threat intelligence to strengthen detection capabilities and proactively defend against emerging threats.
• Champion Continuous Drive initiatives to improve SOC operations, such as automating repetitive tasks, adopting new technologies, and contributing to the long-term cybersecurity strategy.

General Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as

Minimum Qualifications

Education Requirements: Bachelor s Degree required.

Experience Requirements:

• 5 or more years of experience in Cybersecurity Operations or a related IT role
• Extensive experience using security monitoring tools such as SIEM platforms, IDS/IPS and EDR solutions to detect and analyze security events.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements: Industry certifications in Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Forensics, Threat Hunting, etc or IT security (e.g., Security+, CEH, CHFI) are desirable.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required:

• Subject matter expertise in Cyber Threat landscape. Strong experience in analyzing emerging cyber threats, deep understanding of threat intelligence feeds and integrating threat data into security operations to enhance situational awareness and detection capabilities.
• Subject matter expertise in handling security incidents, including triaging, investigating and responding to alerts, identifying attack vectors and implementing containment and remediation strategies.
• Deep understanding TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, and other protocols; familiarity with network topologies, routing, and
• Strong experience with SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, ArcSight), IDS/IPS, firewalls, antivirus, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools.
• Deep knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
• Customer service orientation and prior customer service
• Awareness of current threats, actors, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and ability to use threat intelligence
• Ability to analyze security incidents, identify root causes, and execute incident response plans, including log analysis and packet capture.
• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders; ability to collaborate with cross-functional
• Skill in troubleshooting complex security issues and applying appropriate mitigation
• Commitment to ongoing learning and research to remain up to date with the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and attack
• Ability to lead, coach and mentor other team