Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ensono is hiring a Senior Security Analyst for its Security Operations team. The role investigates and responds to security events, supports incident response for enterprise and customer environments, and helps contain and remediate incidents.
Responsibilities
- Strong technical writing skills to include the ability to provide clearly written and detailed reports on projects for communication to leaders
- The monitoring and administration of information security solutions
- Fill a Senior role in monitoring and responding to security incidents
- Collect evidence to support internal and customer audit requirements
- Create internal and customer facing security playbooks and procedures
- Align to procedures, processes, and security tools to support a single global cybersecurity model
- Provide guidance to and mentorship to junior members of the Security Operations team
- Perform incident response roles as necessary per the Ensono Incident Response Plan
- Implement security application upgrades and patches
- Investigate security events, threats, and vulnerabilities
- Follow project plans and meet timelines and milestones
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of security metrics
- Collaborate across team to create and tune security alerts
- Proactively learn new technologies and tooling capabilities throughout the workday
- Assist product owners to ensure alignment of solutions to security product offerings
- Operate effectively in a fast‑paced enterprise environment, independently prioritizing tasks to meet competing demands
Skills
- 5+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on Security Operations Center (SOC) experience supporting security monitoring, alert triage, incident investigation, escalation management, and incident response
- Experience leading or independently handling security investigations and incident response activities within a large enterprise, managed services, MSSP, MDR, or multi-customer environment
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel in a production environment, including alert investigation, log analysis, incident management, threat detection, and security monitoring
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender technologies, including the investigation and response of endpoint, identity, email, and cloud security incidents
- Experience working with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms and security monitoring tools to identify, investigate, and respond to security threats
- Experience distinguishing true-positive security events from false positives and making risk-based decisions in operational environments
- Experience communicating security incidents, technical findings, business impact, and remediation recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including customers
- Experience creating and maintaining incident documentation, investigation records, security procedures, runbooks, and response playbooks
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, firewalls, encryption technologies, security controls, and common attack vectors
- Strong understanding of malware classification, attack methodologies, infection vectors, persistence mechanisms, and threat actor techniques
- Experience with digital forensics concepts, evidence preservation, log analysis, and investigative methodologies
- Experience evaluating vulnerability scan results and assessing vulnerability risks within enterprise environments
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Azure, vulnerability management processes, and privileged access management concepts
- Experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP), endpoint security technologies, anti-malware solutions, and host-based intrusion detection/prevention concepts
- Experience using KQL, PowerShell, Python, SQL, or similar tools to support security investigations and operational efficiency
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to perform effectively during high-pressure security incidents
- Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience
- One or more of the following certifications are highly desired:
- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)
- GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
- GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
- CompTIA CySA+
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Experience with Trend Vision One, Trend Micro security technologies, or other XDR platforms
- Experience with threat hunting, detection engineering, security automation, orchestration, and SOAR workflows
- Experience with Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) security platforms
- Knowledge of network and cloud security concepts, including virtual firewalls, cloud-native security controls, and container technologies
- Familiarity with file integrity monitoring (FIM) technologies
- Experience supporting compliance and security frameworks such as PCI-DSS, SOC 1/SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, IRS Publication 1075, NIST, and ISO 27001
Benefits
- Unlimited Paid Days Off
- Three health plan options
- 401k with company match
- Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
- Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
- Paid childbearing and paternal leave
- Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
- Sabbatical leave
- Wellness program
- Flexible work schedule
- Clients are encouraged to allow Associates to work remotely most of the time; if not required to be on a client site, Associates can choose to work from home or in Ensono offices.
- Depending on eligibility, an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance
- Depending on eligibility, an equity grant under the Associate Equity Appreciation Program
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