Cyber Security Analyst
Location: Woburn, MA 01801 — Onsite
Duration: 6+ Months
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in threat hunting, SOC analysis, security data analysis, and cyber threat intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.
• Analyze SIEM, EDR, network traffic, endpoint telemetry, and security logs to identify threats and anomalies.
• Investigate suspicious activity, IOCs, and attacker TTPs using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Develop and fine-tune security detection rules, alerts, dashboards, and hunting queries.
• Contribute to threat hunting playbooks and detection optimization.
• Correlate internal security findings with external threat intelligence.
• Prepare security investigation reports and communicate findings to technical and business stakeholders.
• Support vulnerability management and remediation tracking.
• Stay current with emerging threats, attack techniques, and cybersecurity trends.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of experience in Threat Hunting, SOC Analysis, Cyber Threat Intelligence, or Cybersecurity Operations.
• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and adversary emulation.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar.
• Experience with EDR tools such as CrowdStrike Falcon or Microsoft Defender.
• Experience with email security platforms such as Mimecast, Microsoft Defender, or Microsoft Purview.
• Strong security data analysis and investigative skills.
• Ability to identify IOCs, TTPs, anomalies, and attack patterns.
• Basic scripting experience with Python and/or PowerShell.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, and communication skills.
• Bachelor''''s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

• CompTIA Security+ / CySA+
• GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
• Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)
• Microsoft SC-200

Note: This is an onsite position in Woburn, MA. Candidates must be s.